TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,Margaret K. TI - The social economy of single motherhood: raising children in rural America T2 - Perspectives on gender SN - 9781317793731 AV - HQ759.915 .N46 2005eb U1 - 306.874/32/0973091734 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Single mothers KW - United States KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions KW - Welfare recipients KW - Rural families KW - Sociology, Rural KW - Mères de famille monoparentale KW - États-Unis KW - Conditions sociales KW - Conditions économiques KW - Aide sociale KW - Bénéficiaires KW - Familles rurales KW - Sociologie rurale KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Popular Culture KW - fast KW - Alleinerziehende Mutter KW - gnd KW - Ländlicher Raum KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-245) and index; Introduction -- The context of single mothers' lives -- Negotiating reciprocity -- Accounting for welfare -- Building and rebuilding the family -- Falling in love (again) -- Conclusion N2 - Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=790154 ER -