[PDF] Poor Women And Children In The European Past eBook

Author : John Henderson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415077163

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Women and children have always featured prominently among the critically disadvantaged.Poor Women and Children in the European Pastprovides a comparative survey of the poverty experienced by women and children in Europe by testing the applicability of the outline of the poverty life-cycle. Among the issues raised in a perceptive and wide-ranging introduction by the editors, John Henderson and Richard Wall, are the distinctive nature of women's poverty over the life-cycle, the relationship between family and demographic systems and the level of poverty, and the relative generosity of public and private charity provided by a range of European societies.

Author : Michaela Kreyenfeld
Publisher : Springer
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 2017-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319446673

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This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe. It offers a collection of papers written by leading demographers and sociologists that examine contexts, causes, and consequences of childlessness in countries throughout the region.The book features data from all over Europe. It specifically highlights patterns of childlessness in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland. An additional chapter on childlessness in the United States puts the European experience in perspective. The book offers readers such insights as the determinants of lifelong childlessness, whether governments can and should counteract increasing childlessness, how the phenomenon differs across social strata and the role economic uncertainties play. In addition, the book also examines life course dynamics and biographical patterns, assisted reproduction as well as the consequences of childlessness. Childlessness has been increasing rapidly in most European countries in recent decades. This book offers readers expert analysis into this issue from leading experts in the field of family behavior. From causes to consequences, it explores the many facets of childlessness throughout Europe to present a comprehensive portrait of this important demographic and sociological trend.

Author : Silvia Sovic
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9004307869

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The history of family and households has been the subject of intensive research for over a generation. In the 1970s Peter Laslett and others set the agenda with a strong emphasis on geographical differences between northern and southern, eastern and western Europe. Others have challenged this view, pioneering different approaches. This volume takes stock of the field, focussing particularly on family history in South-East Europe in comparison with the rest of Europe. The authors consider what European families have in common, their regional and local differences and changes over time, using the rich and fascinating variety of sources and methods used by family historians today. Contributors include: Guido Alfani, Judit Ambrus, Mirjana V. Bobić, Siegfried Gruber, Peter Guzowski, Violetta Hionidou, Daniela Lombardi, Beatrice Moring, Silvia Sovič, Pat Thane, Alice Velková, Marta Verginella, and Pier Paolo Viazzo.

Author : Peter Kirby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0230802494

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What kinds of jobs did children do in the past, and how widespread was their employment? Why did so many poor families put their children to work? How did the state respond to child labour? What problems arise in the interpretation of evidence of child employment? Child Labour in Britain, 1750-1870 - Offers a broad empirical analysis of how the work of children was integrated with the major economic and occupational changes of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - Argues that working children occupied a unique position within the context of the family, the labour market and the state - Discusses the key issues involved in the study of children's employment In this clear and concise study, Peter Kirby convincingly argues that child labour provided an invaluable contribution to economic growth and the incomes of working-class households. Consequently, the picture that emerges is much more complex than that portrayed in many traditional approaches to the subject.

Author : Maria A. Vogel
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1800731485

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In recent decades, large-scale social changes have taken place in Europe. Ranging from neoliberal social policies to globalization and the growth of EU, these changes have significantly affected the conditions in which girls shape their lives. Living Like a Girl explores the relationship between changing social conditions and girls’ agency, with a particular focus on social services such as school programs and compulsory institutional care. The contributions in this collected volume seek to expand our understanding of contemporary European girlhood by demonstrating how social problems are managed in different cultural contexts, political and social systems.

Author : Catherine Panter-Brick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2000-08-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780521775557

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This book is a collection on abandoned children illustrating the need to contextualise their position in particular cultural situations.

Author : Beatrice Moring
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 16,74 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317320581

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This collection of essays looks at the various ways in which women have coped financially in a male-dominated world. Chapters focus on Europe and Latin America, and cover the whole of the modern period.

Author : Merry E. Wiesner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 10,80 MB
Release : 2000-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521778220

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This is a major new textbook, designed for students in all disciplines seeking an introduction to the very latest research on all aspects of women's lives in Europe from 1500 to 1750, and on the development of the notions of masculinity and femininity. The coverage is geographically broad, ranging from Spain to Scandinavia, and from Russia to Ireland, and the topics investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic role, sexuality, artistic creations, female piety - and witchcraft - and the relationship between gender and power. To aid students each chapter contains extensive notes on further reading (but few footnotes), and the approach throughout is designed to render the subject in as accessible and stimulating manner as possible. Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe is suitable for usage on numerous courses in women's history, early modern European history, and comparative history.

Author : Deborah Youngs
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2006-08-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780719059162

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Deborah Youngs examines a wide range of primary and secondary sources to take an interdisciplinary approach to the life-cycle in medieval Western Europe.

Author : Rose-Marie Crossan
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 29,30 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1783270403

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An account of poor relief in Guernsey from the Reformation to the twenty-first century, incorporating a detailed case-study of the St Peter Port workhouse and an outline of the development of Guernsey's modern social security system.