Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500
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Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 by Hugh Cunningham
This book 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. Hugh Cunningham tells an engaging story of the development of ideas about childhood from the Renaissance to the present, including Locke, Rosseau, Wordsworth and Freud.'..a most elegant survey of ideas about childhood and of children’s lives in modern western society… a stimulating yet accessible analysis of a part of human experience so difficult for the historian to uncover.’
Lynn Abrams, Professor of Gender History, University of Glasgow
`…necessary reading for those seeking a fuller understanding of modern childhood.’
John Stewart, Principal Lecturer in History, OxfordBrookesUniversity
About the first edition:
`…an excellent and accessible starting point.’
Anthony Fletcher, Universityof London
`Any reader in search of a clear, well-written, and comprehensive account of the history of children and childhood could ask for nothing better.’
Victor Slater, Department of History, LouisianaStateUniversity
Professor Hugh Cunningham is based at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His publications include The Volunteer Force: A Social and Political History 1859-1908 (Croom 1975), Leisure in the Industrial Revolution (Croom 1980) and The Children of the Poor: Representations of Childhood since the Seventeenth Century (Blackwell, 1991). He is also the author of our recent title The Challenge of Democracy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582784536 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582784530 |
| Title | Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 |
| Author | Hugh Cunningham |
| Series | Studies In Modern History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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