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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Families and the Social Order from the Old Regime to the Civil Code 16 2 Seduction and Courtroom Encounters in the Nineteenth Century 59 3 Find the Fathers, Save the Children, 1870–1912 109 4 Courts Attribute Paternity, 1912–1940 160 5 Families Dismantled and Reconstituted, 1880–1940 200 6 Paternity and the Family, 1940 to the Present 240 Epilogue 278 Notes 289 Works Cited 325 Index 345 contents This page intentionally left blank ...

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