Lone Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Britain: From Footnote to Front Page

by Kathleen Kiernan, Jane Lewis, Hilary Land

Over the course of the 1990s, lone motherhood has become a major political issue in Britain--but what is the problem actually about and to what extent is it new? This timely study, written by three leading experts in the field, examines the changes that have befallen the pathways leading to lone motherhood--changes in ideas about marriage, divorce, and never-married motherhood. The evolutionary policy histories relevant to lone mothers in housing,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198290705
• ISBN13: 9780198290704
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"