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Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Series: Studies In Modern History
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Updated to incorporate recent scholarship on the subject, this new
edition of Hugh Cunningham's classic text investigates the
relationship between ideas about childhood and the actual
experience of being a child, and assesses how it has changed over
the span of 500 years. Through his engaging narrative Hugh
Cunningham tells the story of the development of ideas from the
Renaissance to the present, revealing considerable differences in
the way Western societies have understood and valued childhood over
time. His survey of parent/child relationships uncovers evidence of
parental love, care and, in the frequent cases of child death,
grief throughout the period, concluding that there was as much
continuity as change in the actual relations of children and adults
across these five centuries. Since the book's first publication in
1995, the volume of historical research on children and childhood
has escalated hugely and is testimony to the level of concern
provoked by the dominance of the negative narrative that originated
in the 1970s and 1980s. A new epilogue revisits the volume from
today's perspective, analysing why this negative narrative
established dominance in Western society and considering how it has
affected historical writing about children and childhood, enabling
the reader to put both this volume and recent debates into context.
Supported by an updated historiographical discussion and expanded
bibliography, Children and Childhood in Western Society since 1500
remains an essential resource for students of the history of
childhood, the history of the family, social history and gender
history.
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