Domestic Tyranny The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present

Name: Domestic Tyranny The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present
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ISBN: 9780195041118

ISBN-10: 0195041119

ISBN-13: 9780195041118

Edition: 1987

Authors: Elizabeth H. Pleck

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Family violence, once considered a private trouble, has become a matter of intense public concern. Many people think the problems of child abuse and wife-beating were "discovered" in the last two decades. This book, the first history of family violence in the United States, proves otherwise. Based on enormous research into court records, newspaper accounts, and autobiographies, the book creates a broad portrait of America's attitudes toward family violence over time, considering not only how the problem has been defined but also the institutional and legal remedies reformers have devised to respond to it. The author investigates the reasons for the ebb and flow of societal attention to the…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/14/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English