"Unfortunate objects"; lone mothers in eighteenth-century London.1403939233 "Unfortunate objects"; lone mothers in eighteenth-century London. Evans, Tanya. Palgrave Macmillan 2005 279 pages $80.00 Hardcover HQ759 Investigating the meanings and experiences of lone mothers in 18th- century London, Evans (postdoctoral post·doc·tor·al also post·doc·tor·ate adj. Of, relating to, or engaged in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree. Noun 1. research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary British History, U. of London) explores the material lives of men and women who produced legitimate and illegitimate ILLEGITIMATE. That which is contrary to law; it is usually applied to children born out of lawful wedlock. A bastard is sometimes called an illegitimate child. offspring within a shared social, economic and cultural plebian context. She finds that lone mothers and their babies captured the public philanthropic phil·an·throp·ic also phil·an·throp·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian. 2. Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance: imagination of the mid-century and that many found compassion rather than ostracism ostracism (ŏs`trəsĭz'əm), ancient Athenian method of banishing a public figure. It was introduced after the fall of the family of Pisistratus. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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