Conceptualizing cruelty to children in nineteenth-century England : literature, representation, and the NSPCC
Flegel, Monica200907UU
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Offers an interpretive framework for understanding the specific formulation of child cruelty popularized by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the late nineteenth century. This book examines the emergence of child abuse as a subject of legal and social concern in England.
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Aldershot : Ashgate, 2009.
Collation:
240 p. ; 23x16 cm.
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Hardback.
Audience:
Undergraduate.
Biography/History:
Monica Flegel is based in the Department of English at Lakehead University, Canada.
ISBN:
9780754664567 (hbk)0754664562 (hbk)
Dewey class:
820.9352694
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English
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BRN:
2422553