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- catalog abstract ""In the forty years between 1880 and 1920, the presumption that divorced and separated fathers in normal circumstances should be granted the custody of their children was changed in all Western countries that permitted divorce. New laws where passed that soon gave way to the almost certain award of child custody to mothers." "This book, a study of that change in presumption of custody, addresses two fundamental questions. The first, straightforwardly empirical, is: Why has a shift of that magnitude and importance been lost to the public memory in less than a hundred years? The second is more abstract: Why did the dominant group, the fathers, cede rights to the mothers without duress - indeed, without concerted political or collective action of any kind?." "Prior attempts to account for the change in custody failed because they underestimated the role played by the state in each instance, and ignored the class character of divorce of the period. Friedman's own account begins by examining the considerable pressures brought to bear by rapidly rising divorce rates in England, France, and the United States. Maternal custody arose as a by-product of the state's concerns about the potential for a vastly increased welfare burden imposed by financially dependent women following divorce. During the transition, responsibility for children's welfare was diffused, with mothers becoming responsible for nurture, fathers for financial support, and states for schooling. Ultimately this led to a structure of indifference, with striking consequences for the welfare of children after divorce."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b7664349.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""In the forty years between 1880 and 1920, the presumption that divorced and separated fathers in normal circumstances should be granted the custody of their children was changed in all Western countries that permitted divorce. New laws where passed that soon gave way to the almost certain award of child custody to mothers." "This book, a study of that change in presumption of custody, addresses two fundamental questions. The first, straightforwardly empirical, is: Why has a shift of that magnitude and importance been lost to the public memory in less than a hundred years? The second is more abstract: Why did the dominant group, the fathers, cede rights to the mothers without duress - indeed, without concerted political or collective action of any kind?." "Prior attempts to account for the change in custody failed because they underestimated the role played by the state in each instance, and ignored the class character of divorce of the period. Friedman's own account begins by examining the considerable pressures brought to bear by rapidly rising divorce rates in England, France, and the United States. Maternal custody arose as a by-product of the state's concerns about the potential for a vastly increased welfare burden imposed by financially dependent women following divorce. During the transition, responsibility for children's welfare was diffused, with mothers becoming responsible for nurture, fathers for financial support, and states for schooling. Ultimately this led to a structure of indifference, with striking consequences for the welfare of children after divorce."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. Divorce and the social bargin : child custody in historical content -- 2. Social construction of the patent-child relation -- 3. Received explanations for the change to maternal preference in child custody -- 4. Pressure of the rising divorce rate -- Longer life but no jobs : the dilemma for women following divorce -- 6. Financial obligations to fathers, education to the state : parcelling the needs of children -- 7. Structure of indifference.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 154 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0202304957 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0202304965 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Sociology and economics".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A. de Gruyter,".
- catalog subject "306.89 20".
- catalog subject "Children of divorced parents.".
- catalog subject "Custody of children.".
- catalog subject "HQ777.5 .F75 1995".
- catalog subject "Parent and child.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Divorce and the social bargin : child custody in historical content -- 2. Social construction of the patent-child relation -- 3. Received explanations for the change to maternal preference in child custody -- 4. Pressure of the rising divorce rate -- Longer life but no jobs : the dilemma for women following divorce -- 6. Financial obligations to fathers, education to the state : parcelling the needs of children -- 7. Structure of indifference.".
- catalog title "Towards a structure of indifference : the social origins of maternal custody / Debra Friedman.".
- catalog type "text".