Format:
1 online resource (205 pages)
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9781000093803
Series Statement:
Studies in Modern History Ser.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- 1. Introduction -- The historiography of childhood -- 2. Children and childhood in ancient and medieval Europe -- The classical inheritance -- Christianity -- The Middle Ages -- 3. The development of a middle-class ideology of childhood, 1500-1900 -- Humanism -- Protestantism -- Catholicism -- The eighteenth century -- The influence of Romanticism -- 4. Family, work and school, 1500-1900 -- The peasant family -- Proto-industrialisation -- Industrialisation -- Demography -- Community -- Schooling -- Interest and emotion -- 5. Children, philanthropy and the state in Europe, 1500-1860 -- Children and poverty -- Schooling -- 1750-1860 -- 6. 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 -- 7. 'The century of the child'? -- Science, experts and childhood -- Children and social policy -- Parents and children -- Childhood under threat -- 8. Conclusion -- 9. Epilogue: 1995-2020 -- Guide to further reading -- Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367470661
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367470661
Language:
English
