HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD by Heywood, Colin ISBN 074561731X
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This work explores the changing experiences and perceptions of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century. It examines the different ways in which people have thought about childhood as a stage of life.
In this lively and accessible book, Colin Heywood explores the changing experiences and perceptions of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the beginning of the twentieth century. Heywood examines the different ways in which people have thought about childhood as a stage of life, the relationships of children with their families and peers, and the experiences of young people at work, in school and at the hands of various welfare institutions. The aim is to place the history of children and childhood firmly in its social and cultural context, without losing sight of the many individual experiences that have come down to us in diaries, autobiographies and oral testimonies. Heywood argues that there is a cruel paradox at the heart of childhood in the past. On the one hand, material conditions for children have generally improved in the West, however belatedly and unevenly, and they are now more valued than in the past. On the other hand, the business of preparing for adulthood has become more complicated in urban and industrial societies, as the young face a bewildering array of choices and expectations. A History of Childhood will be an essential introduction to the subject for students of history, the social sciences and cultural studies.
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[edit] Title
HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD
[edit] Author
Heywood, Colin
[edit] ISBN
074561731X
[edit] Published
31/10/2001
[edit] Publisher
Polity Press
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
50 (GBP)
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50 (GBP)
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