| Author/Contributor(s): | Piers, Maria W |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Date: | 03/01/1978 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Infanticide, the deliberate killing of infants, was once and economic necessity and exists as a social atavism even today. This book explores the origins and motives of this behavior and is a contribution to the understanding of infanticide and, it is hoped, to its prevention.