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A History of Childhood, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)
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A History of Childhood, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)
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Colin Heywood s rich account of childhood from the early Middle
Ages to the First World War provides a concise and readable
synthesis of the extensive literature on childhood. He gives a
long-run historical perspective on the key dimensions to childhood,
including ideas on the nature of the child, relationships with
parents, interactions with others of a similar age, and children's
health, working life and education. The period covered runs from
the early Middle Ages to the First World War, and the geographical
spread runs from North America in the west to Russia in the east.
This new, comprehensively updated edition incorporates the findings
of the most recent research, and in particular revises and expands
the sections on theoretical developments in the new social studies
of childhood , on medieval conceptions of the child, on parenting
and on children's health. Rather than merely narrating their
experiences from the perspectives of adults, Heywood incorporates
children s testimonies, looking up as well as down . Paying careful
attention to the elements of continuity as well as change in this
field, 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 greatly improved, on the other, the business of
preparing for adulthood has become more complicated in urban and
industrial societies, and the young now face a bewildering array of
choices and expectations. A History of Childhood, 2nd Edition will
be an essential introduction to the subject for students of
history, social sciences and cultural studies.
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