Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations Used in Notes xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Paternal Authority, Parental Obligation, 19 and the State: Legislating Protection in the Late Nineteenth Century
7. Introduction 19
8. 1. The Long History of Paternal Power 25
9. 2. Protection, the State, and the Laws of 1874 43
10. 3. The Divestiture of Paternal Authority and the Law of 1889 67
11. Part II. The Machinery of Justice: The Investigation and Prosecution of Abandon Moral
12. Introduction 87
13. 4. Setting The Wheels In Motion 93
14. 5. Investigation 111
15. 6. Judgment 124
16. Part III. Petits Parisiens Into Peasants: The Guardian State and the Child in Moral Danger
17. Introduction 141
18. 7. Defining A Population, Defining An Administration 146
19. 8. Experiments in Placement, 1881-1889 167
20. 9. The Assimilation of the Enfants Moralement Abandonnes 185
21. Conclusion 201
22. Select Bibliography 209
23. Index 227