Heroes of their own lives
Subtitle: the politics and history of family violence : Boston 1880-1960
By: Linda Gordon.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Marital violence -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies; Child abuse -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies; Wife abuse -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies; Incest -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Linda Gordon's history of family violence ... is based on ... the case records of social work agencies. As she investigates child abuse, child negelct, wife-beating, and incest, Gordon shows that it is not the existence of family violence that has changed, but society's attitude toward it"--back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 313-372.
Reprint. Originally published: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1988.
Includes index.