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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Reprint. In this unflinching history of family violence Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect wife beating and incest from 1880 to 1960 Gordon begins with the socalled discovery of family violence in the 1870s when experts first identified it as a social rather than personal problem From there Gordon chronicles the changing visibility of family violence as gender family and political ideologies shifted and the womens and civil rights movements gained strength Throughout she illustrates how public perceptions of issues like marriage poverty alcoholism mental illness and responsibility worked for and against the victims of family violence and looks at the link between family violence and larger social problemsPowerful and moving Heroes of Their Own Lives offers an honest understanding of a persistent problem and a realistic view of the difficulties in stopping it. Seller Inventory # DADAX0252070798
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