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Growing Up: The History of Childhood in Global Context (Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures)

By Peter N. Stearns

Book information

Publisher
Baylor University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
1932792287, 9781932792287
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
408 kB (417702 bytes)
Pages
72\72
Time added
2024-03-12 13:00:16

Description

Growing Up combines two flourishing historical fields--the history of childhood and world history--to address the question of how much of childhood is natural and how much is historically determined. The first lecture gauges the impact of the development of agriculture, civilization, and religion upon the premodern experience of childhood. The second lecture contrasts modern perspectives on childhood with more traditional ones before investigating how and why modern perspectives developed and spread. These lectures clearly demonstrate that the transformation of childhood is both recent and sweeping.

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