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Book Title: Tramps, Unfit Mothers, And Neglected Children: Negotiating T...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
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Author: Sherri Broder
Publication Name: Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children : Negotiating the Family in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
