Children and childhood in western society since 1500
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Children and childhood in western society since 1500
（Studies in modern history）
Longman, 1995
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Children & childhood in western society since 1500
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Includes bibliographical references, guide to further reading (p. 191-203) and index
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ISBN 9780582238534
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An examination of childhood in Western society since 1550 which also covers childhood in ancient and medieval Europe and the historiography of childhood. Topics from 1500 cover family, work and school as well as child labour, philanthropy, cruelty to children and childhood in the 20th century.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: The historiography of childhood
- Children and Childhood in Ancient and Medieval Europe: The classical inheritance, Christianity, The Middle Ages
- The Development of a Middle-class Ideology of Childhood, 1500-1900: Humanism, Protestantism, Catholicism, The eighteenth century, The influence of romanticism
- Family, Work, and School, 1500-1900: The peasant family, Proto-industrialisation, Industrialisation, Demography, Community, Schooling, Interest and emotion
- Children, Philanthropy and the State in Europe, 1500-1860: Children and poverty, Schooling, 1750-1860
- Saving the Children, c.1830-c. 1920: Child labour, Street children, Cruelty to children, Philanthropy, the state and children, State concerns and children's rights
- The Century of the Child: Science, experts and childhood, Children and social welfare, Parents and children, The end of childhood?
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: pbk ISBN 9780582238541
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An exceptional book in which Hugh Cunningham surveys the changing concepts of childhood and the changing experience of being a child, in Europe and North America across five centuries.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. The Classical and Christian Inheritance2. Children and Childhood in the Middle Ages3. The Emergence of an Ideology of Childhood 1500-18504. Family, Work and School 1500-19005. Philanthropy and the State,1200-18006. Philanthropy and the State in the Nineteenth Century7. 'The Century of the Child'8. Conclusion: The End of Childhood?
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