Abandoned Children: Foundlings and Child Welfare in Nineteenth-Century France
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In nineteenth-century France, parents abandoned their children in overwhelming numbers--up to 20 percent of live births in the Parisian area. The infants were left at state-run homes and were then transferred to rural wet nurses and foster parents. Their chances of survival were slim, but with alterations in state policy, economic and medical development, and changing attitudes toward children and the family, their chances had significantly improved...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0873957504
ISBN13:9780873957502
Release Date:June 1984
Publisher:State University of New York Press
Length:375 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
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