Childhood In Modern Europe (New Approaches To European History, Series Number 56) - 9780521685252

This invaluable introduction to the history of childhood in both Western and Eastern Europe between c.1700 and 2000 seeks to give a voice to children as well as adults, wherever possible. The work is divided into three parts, covering in turn, childhood in rural village societies during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; in the towns during the Industrial Revolution period (c.1750-1870); and in society generally during the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each part has a succinct introduction to a number of key topics, such as conceptions of childhood; infant and child mortality; the material conditions of children; their cultural life; the welfare facilities available to them from charities and the state; and the balance of work and schooling. Combining a chronological with a thematic approach, this book will be of particular interest to students and academics in a number of disciplines, including history, sociology, anthropology, geography, literature and education.

• | Author: Colin Heywood
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0521685257
• | ISBN-13: 9780521685252