From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States by Mason, Mary Ann

From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231080477)

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From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States by Mason, Mary Ann

From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States

$38.00
From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States by Mason, Mary Ann

From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States

$38.00
Format: Paperback
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Combining historical and legal scholarship, this is an analysis of the history of child custody in the USA from colonial times to the present day. It draws on history to illuminate contemporary issues, offering a rich perspective on the historical relationship of children to their parents. The author draws on three periods of pivotal change in social attitudes and the law, connecting these transformations to the changing status of women and the increasing power of mothers. He describes how the present move away from maternal preference toward equal custodial rights has been promoted by feminists' struggle for equal political rights and a new theory of equal parenting adopted by social scientists. Includes a new preface by the author.

Author: Mary Ann Mason
ISBN-10: 0231080476
ISBN-13: 9780231080477
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/23/1996
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.00w x 0.57d
By Mary Ann Mason
By Mary Ann Mason
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Mary Ann Mason is Associate Professor of Law and Social Welfare at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Equality Trap, coauthor of Why Kids Lie, and coeditor of Debating Children's Lives: Current Controversies on Children and Adolescents.

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