Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence--Boston, 1880-1960

ISBN-13: 9780252070792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 400 str.

Linda Gordon

Opis

In this powerful and moving history of family violence, historian Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife-beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Drawing on hundreds of case records from social agencies devoted to dealing with the problem, she chronicles the changing visibility of family violence.