Mother Love. Myth and Reality

390 Pages·1981·13.479 MB·English

by  Elisabeth Badinter

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MOTHER LOVE
Myth and Reality

MOTHER
LOVE
MYTH AND
REALITY
Motherhood in Modern History
ELISABETH BADINTER
FOREWORD BY
FRANCINE DU PLESSIX GRAY
MACMILLAN PUBLISHING CO., INC.
NEW YORK
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Copyright© 1980byFlammarion, Paris
Translation copyright © 1981 byMacmillan PublishingCo., Inc.
Foreword copyright © 1981 byFrancine du PlessixGray
Originally published asL'Amouren plus
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This book, the result ofa seminar conductedfor two
years at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, owes a
great deal to my students' patience and humor. I
am, there/ore, dedicating this work, which we gave
birth to and nurtured together, to them.