The Social Economy of Single Motherhood
Raising Children in Rural America
By Margaret Nelson
Published August 15th 2005 by Routledge – 272 pages
Series: Perspectives on Gender
Description
Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in.
Author Bio
Margaret Nelson is the Hepburn Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. She is the author of Negotiated Care and the co-author of Working Hard and Making Do and Circles of Care.
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Name: The Social Economy of Single Motherhood: Raising Children in Rural America (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: By Margaret Nelson. Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly...
Categories: Gender Studies, Sociology & Social Policy