The Erosion of Childhood: Childhood in Britain 1860-1918

<p>First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.</p>

Rose, Lionel

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

This social history explores in detail the relationship between the plight of the street poor of the last century and today.

Rogues and Vagabonds: Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Britain, 1800-1939

History

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Foundations of Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Erosion of Childhood

Before contraception was generally available, and when abortion was fraught with danger, infanticide was a common solution to the problem of unwanted children. Massacre of the Innocents, first published in 1986, shows the causes and consequences of the high tide of infanticide in Victorian Britain.  Lionel Rose describes the ways in which unwanted and ‘surplus’ infants were disposed of, and the economic and social pressures on women to rid themselves of their burdens by covert criminal and sub-criminal means. He discusses the activities of infanticidal and abortionist midwives, and shows how the practices of wet nursing and baby farming were closely related to infanticide. Unscrupulous insurance salesman even turned infanticide into a profitable business, in their reckless grab for commissions. Infanticide declined with the growing practice of contraception, the lessening of pressure of unmarried mothers, and as adoption was made easier. This is a hard-hitting, scrupulously documented piece of social history. This title will be of interest to students of history and criminology.

The Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Great Britain 1800-1939 (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment)

Europe

<p>In this lively social history, first published in 1988, Lionel Rose explores in detail the plight of the street poor between 1815 and 1985. He describes the Victorian ‘Rogues and Vagabonds’ who made elicit peddling, begging frauds and other petty crime their profession. He considers the relevant legislation and systems for coping with the street poor, from the 1824 Vagrancy Act and accompanying improvements in policing, through the casual ward systems of the workhouses and the role of common lodging houses, to the development of Social Services in the 1940s and local authority provision of accommodation. This title will be of interest to students of history, criminology and sociology. </p>

'Rogues and Vagabonds': Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985 (Routledge Revivals)

Teen & Young Adult

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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The Erosion of Childhood: Childhood in Britain 1860-1918

Rogues and Vagabonds: Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985

Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Britain, 1800-1939

Foundations of Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Erosion of Childhood

The Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Great Britain 1800-1939 (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment)

The Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Great Britain 1800-1939 (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment)

'Rogues and Vagabonds': Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985 (Routledge Revivals)

'Rogues and Vagabonds': Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985 (Routledge Revivals)

The Erosion of Childhood: Childhood in Britain 1860-1918