Childhood in question : children, parents and the state

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Childhood in question : children, parents and the state

edited by Anthony Fletcher and Stephen Hussey

Manchester University Press, c1999

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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"Papers presented to the Childhood in Question conference held at the Department of History at the University of Essex, 18-20 April 1997"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780719053931

Description

Childhood in Question explores the historical development, from the 1600s to the 1960s, of childhood experience. Drawing on artifacts as diverse as state papers, legal records, diaries, letters and oral sources, the authors probe a series of key issues: the definition of "the child" and the formation of identity; the emotional world of childhood; the changing attitudes of the state to family intimacy and parent-child relations; the sexuality of children; children and authority; and children and crime. -- .

Table of Contents

  • Introduction, Anthony Fletcher and Stephen Hussey
  • what is a child?, Anna Davin
  • children's deaths in the 17th century, Ralph Houlbrooke
  • silent witnesses? Children and the breakdown of domestic and social order in early modern England, Elizabeth Foyster
  • "a denial of innocence" - female juvenile victims of rape and the English legal system in the 18th century, Julie Gammon
  • home, play and street life - causes of, and explanations for, juvenile crime in the early 19th century, Heather Shore
  • parental-child separation and colonial careers - the Talbot family correspondence in the 1880s and 1890s, Elizabeth Buettner
  • family, community, and the regulation of child sex abuse - London 1870-1914, Louise Jackson
  • homeless, destitute and neglected - children's experience of welfare in modern Scotland, Lynn Abrams.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780719053948

Description

Childhood in Question explores the historical development, from the 1600s to the 1960s, of childhood experience. Drawing on artifacts as diverse as state papers, legal records, diaries, letters and oral sources, the authors probe a series of key issues: the definition of "the child" and the formation of identity; the emotional world of childhood; the changing attitudes of the state to family intimacy and parent-child relations; the sexuality of children; children and authority; and children and crime. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: What is a child? Anna Davin Chapter 2: Children's deaths in the seventeenth century. Ralph Houlbrooke. Chapter 3: Silent witnesses? Children and the breakdown of domestic and social order in early modern England. Chapter 4: 'A denial of innocence': Female juvenile victims of rape and the English legal system in the eighteenth century. Chapter 5: Home, play and street life: Causes of, and explanations for, juvenile crime in the early nineteenth century. Heather Shore Chapter 6: Parental-child separation and colonial careers: The Talbot family correspondence in the 1880s and 1890s. Elizabeth Buettner. Chapter 7: Family, community and the regulation of child sex abuse: London 1870-1914. Louise Jackson. Chapter 8: Homeless, destitute and neglected: Children's experience of welfare in modern Scotland. Lynn Abrams. -- .

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