A Mother's Job
The History of Day Care, 1890-1960
Published on 4. March 1999
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-19-511112-5 (ISBN)
Description
Using Philadelphia as a case study, A Mother's Job explores the history of day care from the perspective of families who used it, tracing day care's transformation from a charity for poor single mothers in the early twentieth century to a legitimate and culturally accepted social need for ordinary families -- and a potential responsibility of government -- by the 1950s.
Reviews / Votes
... add[s] to our knowledge of the welfare state and the controversies surrounding age and gender roles ... warmly recommended. * American Studies Today * ... exhaustively researched ... Rose's important new book shows how some working-class mothers finally got the child care programmes they needed. * American Historical Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder, 1 Zeichnung
11 halftones, 1 line drawing
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
634 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511112-5 (9780195111125)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2003
Oxford University Press
€110.70
Shipment within 15-20 days
E-Book
01/1999
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€17.49
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Content
Introduction
Part I: Establishing Day Care, 1890-1930
1: "Foster Mothers": Creating Day Nurseries
2: Using Day Nurseries
3: Deserving Mothers: Day Care as Welfare
4: Day Care as Education: The Emergence of the Nursery School
Part II: Transforming Day Care, 1930-1960
5: Day Care and Depression
6: Battling for Mothers' Labor: Day Care During World War II
7: From Charity to Legitimate Need: The Postwar Years
Conclusion
Part I: Establishing Day Care, 1890-1930
1: "Foster Mothers": Creating Day Nurseries
2: Using Day Nurseries
3: Deserving Mothers: Day Care as Welfare
4: Day Care as Education: The Emergence of the Nursery School
Part II: Transforming Day Care, 1930-1960
5: Day Care and Depression
6: Battling for Mothers' Labor: Day Care During World War II
7: From Charity to Legitimate Need: The Postwar Years
Conclusion