| Childhood in Question: Children, Parents and the State Contributor(s): Fletcher, Anthony (Author), Hussey, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719053943 ISBN-13: 9780719053948 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1999 Annotation: "Childhood in Question" explores the historical development, from the 1600s to the 1960s, of childhood experience. Drawing on artifacts as diverse as state papers, legal records, diaries, letters and oral sources, the authors probe a series of key issues: the definition of "the child" and the formation of identity; the emotional world of childhood; the changing attitudes of the state to family intimacy and parent-child relations; the sexuality of children; children and authority; and children and crime. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General - Social Science | Children's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.23 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.57" W x 8.51" (0.54 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Childhood in question brings together some of today's foremost writers working on the history of childhood. |
