In the age of Enlightenment
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In the age of Enlightenment
（A cultural history of childhood and family / general editors, Elizabeth Foyster and James Marten, v. 4）
Berg, 2010
English ed
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A cultural history of childhood and family in the age of Enlightenment
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Publisher's name varies: Bloomsbury Academic
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-236) and index
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Description
The collection of ideas, values, and beliefs known as the Enlightenment fundamentally altered the ways in which the family was understood. During this period (1650-1800), traditional family roles were rethought, questioning much which had been taken for granted, such as the innate nature of children. At the same time, the Enlightenment also reinforced many long-held notions, applying new ideas to perpetuate assumptions about gender and race.
The commercialization of agriculture, industrialization, and urbanization, as well as the opportunities presented by expanding education and the sale of domestic goods all impacted on the family. Further, the continuing expansion of Western empires, the ownership of slaves within American states, and the political turmoil of the American and French revolutions all helped to shape both the ideals and the experience of family life.
A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays on family relationships, community, economy, geography and the environment, education, life cycle, the state, faith and religion, health and science, and world contexts.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Elizabeth Foyster (University of Cambridge, UK) and James Marten (University of Milwaukee, USA)
1 Family Relationships
Joanne Bailey (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
2 Community
Alysa Levene (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
3 Economy
Deborah Simonton (University of Southern Denmark, DENMARK)
4 Geography and the Environment
Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK)
5 Education
Valentina K. Tikoff (DePaul University in Chicago, USA)
6 Life Cycle
Mary Abbott (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
7 The State
Steven King (University of Leicester, UK)
8 Faith and Religion
Allison P. Coudert (University of California Davis, USA)
9 Health and Science
Mary Lindemann (University of Miami, USA)
10 World Contexts
Adriana Silvia Benzaquen (Mount Saint Vincent University, CANADA)
Notes
Bibliography
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Index
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