Heroes of their own lives
the politics and history of family violence : Boston, 1880-1960
by Linda Gordon · 1988
"Linda Gordon's history of family violence ... is based on ... the case records of social work agencies. As she investigates child abuse, child negelct, wife-beating, and incest, Gordon shows that it is not the existence of family violence that has changed, but society's attitude toward it"--back cover.
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