How Long to Read Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France

How Long Does it Take to Read Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France by Sylvia Schafer

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

By exploring how children and their families became unprecedented objects of governmental policy in the early decades of France's Third Republic, Sylvia Schafer offers a fresh perspective on the self-fashioning of a new governmental order. In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, social reformers claimed that children were increasingly the victims of their parents' immorality. Schafer examines how government officials codified these claims in the period between 1871 and 1914 and made the moral status of the family the focus of new kinds of legislative, juridical, and administrative action. Although the debate on moral danger in the family helped to articulate the young republic's claim to moral authority in the metaphors of parenthood, the definition of "moral endangerment" remained ambiguous. Schafer shows how public authorities reshaped their agenda and varied their remedies as their schemes for protecting morally endangered children broke down under the enduring weight of this ambiguity. Drawing on insights from feminist theory, literary studies, and the work of Michel Foucault, Schafer reveals the cultural complexity of civil justice and social administration in both their formal and everyday incarnations. In demonstrating the centrality of ambivalence as a condition of liberal government and governmental representations, she fundamentally recasts the history of the early Third Republic and, more widely, issues a powerful challenge to conventional views of the modern state and its history. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

How long is Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France?

Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France by Sylvia Schafer is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France aloud.

What Reading Level is Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France?

Children in Moral Danger and the Problem of Government in Third Republic France is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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