The unwanted child
Subtitle: the fate of foundlings, orphans, and juvenile criminals in early modern Germany
By: Joel F. Harrington.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226317274
Subjects: Orphans -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- History; Unmarried mothers -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- History; Infanticide -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- History; Street children -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- History; Juvenile delinquents -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The unmarried mother; title: The absconding father; title: The beleaguered magistrate; title: The street orphan; title: The state wards; title: From micro- to macro-: individuals and the big picture; title: Appendix 1. The Findelkinder Database; title: Appendix 2. Known infanticides in Nuremberg, 1384-1806.