Children in the house
Subtitle: the material culture of early childhood, 1600-1900
By: Karin Calvert.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Children -- United States -- History.; Material culture -- United States.; United States -- Social life and customs.
Description: "By examining the clothing, furniture, and other objects used for childrearing over the course of three hundred years, Karin Calvert maps changes in the material culture of parenting to uncover the history of childhood in America. Calvert's analysis of the artifacts of childhood, from the swaddling band and standing stool of the seventeenth century to the swing and perambulator of the nineteenth century, identifies three eras with distinct visions of rearing children: 1600-1750, the time when children were seen as 'inchoate adults'; 1750-1830, when they were viewed as 'natural' creatures; and 1830-1900, when they were perceived as 'innocent' nestlings." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index.