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Mothers of Misery: Child Abandonment in Russia
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Mothers of Misery: Child Abandonment in Russia
Contributors:
By (Author) David L. Ransel
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Social welfare and social services
Dewey:
362.7044
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
346
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
At the height of its operation in the second half of the nineteenth century, the central foundling home in Moscow was receiving 17,000 children each year. The home dispatched most to wet nurses and foster care in the countryside, where at any one time it supervised over 40,000 children in Moscow province and six adjoining provinces. Established by
