A history of infanticide in Britain, c. 1600 to the present / Anne-Marie Kilday.

By:

Kilday, Anne-Marie [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Description: x, 338 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230547070 (hardback)
0230547079 (hardback)

Subject(s):

Infanticide -- Great Britain -- History

DDC classification:

364.15 KIL

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	364.15 KIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100531160

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The killing of new-born children is an intensely emotional and emotive subject. The hidden nature of this crime has made it an area incredibly difficult subject area for historians to approach up until now. This work provides the first detailed history of infanticide in mainland Britain from 1600 to the modern era.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of Figures (p. viii)
Acknowledgements (p. x)
1 Investigating Infanticide - An Enduring Phenomenon (p. 1)
2 The Archetype of Infanticide in the Early Modern Period (p. 23)
3 Murderous Mothers and the Extended Network of Shame (p. 51)
4 Monsters of Inhumanity? Methods of Infant Disposal (p. 77)
5 The Pendulum of Opinion: Changing Attitudes to Infanticide (p. 111)
6 Explaining Infanticide: Motives for Murder? (p. 151)
7 The Modern Debate: Getting Away With Murder? (p. 183)
Notes (p. 218)
Bibliography (p. 299)
Index (p. 329)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Anna-Marie Kilday is Professor of Criminal History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published widely on the history of violence and the history of female criminality in Britain, Europe and North America from 1600 to the present.