The social economy of single motherhood
Subtitle: raising children in rural America
By: Margaret K. Nelson.
Series: Perspectives on gender; Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Single mothers -- United States -- Social conditions.; Single mothers -- United States -- Economic conditions.; Welfare recipients -- United States.; Rural families -- United States.; Sociology, Rural -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The context of single mothers' lives; title: Claiming reciprocity; title: Accounting for welfare; title: Building and rebuilding family; title: Falling in love (again); title: Conclusion.