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Author:   Moira Maguire ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780719087745

ISBN 10:   0719087740
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Introduction 1. Poverty, family dysfunction, and State provision for neglected children 2. Cherished equally? “Outdoor” provision for illegitimate children 3. Cherished equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children 4. Legislating care and protection: The Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption 5. The abused child? 6. Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide 7. Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children Index -- .

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Moira J. Maguire is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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