Parents of Poor Children in England, 1580-1800

by Patricia Crawford

Parents of Poor Children is the first sustained study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in the England of the early modern and early industrial period. Although we know a good deal about the family life of monarchs in this period, much less is known about what life was like for poor single mothers, or for ordinary people who were trying to bring up their children. What were poor mothers and fathers trying to achieve, and what support did...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199204802
• ISBN13: 9780199204809
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"