in the immediate wake of the Industrial Revolution, Europe entered an era of "massive proletarianization"
"Between a third and a half of all children born in the major, and many smaller, cities on the European continent were born outside marriage. Tens of thousands of babies were left to foundling homes, where the rate of mortality usually far exceeeded 50 per cent" (32)
> from Göran Therborn's World: A Beginner's Guide (2011)
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