Title: Savage girls and wild boys : a history of feral children /
Authors: Newton, Michael 1965-
Publisher: Faber and Faber,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Feral children; Child Behavior; Social Isolation Child.
Abstract: In Savage Girls and Wild Boys, Newton tackles the perennially compelling topic of children raised by animals. He examines the lives of these children, of the adults who rescued them and asks what they can teach us about notions of civilisation.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Child of Nature 1 -- 2 Bodies Without Souls 16 -- 3 Lord Monboddo and the Savage Girl 53 -- 4 Radical Innocence 98 -- 5 The Child of Europe 128 -- 6 The Wolf-Children 182 -- 7 Where Is Tomorrow, Mrs L.? 208.