Childhood in Question: Children, Parents and the State

Childhood in Question: Children, Parents and the State
ISBN-10
0719053943
ISBN-13
9780719053948
Category
History
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
1999-08-20
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Authors
Anthony Fletcher, Stephen Hussey

Description

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.

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