Children and childhood in western society since 1500
By: Hugh Cunningham.
Series: Studies in modern history; Studies in modern history (Longman (Firm))
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Children -- History; Parent and child -- History
Other titles: Children & childhood in western society since 1500
Description: This is an exceptional book. In it, Hugh Cunningham surveys changing concepts of childhood, and the changing experience of being a child, in Europe and North America across five centuries. In so doing he also reviews - and at many points challenges - the recent historiography of the subject.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.