Baby Farming Non-Fiction (14 books)

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This list is for non-fiction on baby farming, a common practice in Victorian England, Australia, and the United States.

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1		The Baby Farmers by Annie Cossins 3.47 avg rating — 201 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Amelia Dyer, Angel Maker: The Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money by Alison Rattle 3.91 avg rating — 169 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Baby Farmers of the 19th Century by Sylvia Perrini (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 77 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England by Ian Ward 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Criminal Conversations: Victorian Crimes, Social Panic, & Moral Outrage by Judith Rowbotham 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Behaving Badly: Social Panic and Moral Outrage - Victorian and Modern Parallels by Judith Rowbotham 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Child Murder and British Culture, 1720–1900 by Josephine McDonagh 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		A History of Infanticide in Britain, C. 1600 to the Present by Anne-Marie Kilday really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		The Massacre Of The Innocents: Infanticide In Britain, 1800-1939 by Lionel Rose 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Murdering Mothers: Infanticide in England and New England 1558-1803 by Peter Charles Hoffer 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children by Viviana A. Zelizer 3.92 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Writing British Infanticide: Child-Murder, Gender, and Print, 1722-1859 by Jennifer Thorn (Editor) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children: Negotiating the Family in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia by Sherri Broder 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Twisting in the Wind: The Murderess and the English Press by Judith Knelman 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

14 books · 2 voters · list created November 28th, 2014 by Holly (votes) .

Tags: amelia-dyer, babies, baby, baby-farmers, baby-farming, baby-farms, crime, infanticide, non-fiction, victorian

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