Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"Baloutzova's stated goal is modest-uncovering the early stages of state-instigated family policies, as well as the governmental and popular ideology behind them. Her results, however, are pioneering. No one heretofore has undertaken the meticulous reconstruction of legislative policies. Drawing on a rich variety of sources from a half-dozen Bulgarian repositories-mostly parliamentary minutes and appendixes, archival documentary data from several ministries (tracing the justification of certain bills and investigations), newspapers, and magazines-as well as from personal memoirs, Baloutzova's social history competently maneuvers between issues of historical demography, political history, medical history, and legal studies. Her careful writing skillfully balances the survey component (especially for readers unfamiliar with Bulgarian history) with the specifics of the issue at hand."
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Author: 
Svetla Baloutzova
ISBN: 
978-963-9776-66-1
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$79.00 / €69.00 / £63.00