Childhood in world history

by Stearns, Peter N.

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Full title :Childhood in world history / Peter N. Stearns

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011
Edition:2. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011

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Introduction : childhood in world history. Childhood in agricultural societies. Childhood in the classical civilizations. Childhood in postclassical world history : the impact of religious change. Contacts and contrasts in the postclassical world. Forces of change and the modern model of childhood : developments in the west, eighteenth century to 1914. Alongside the modern model : the pressures of colonialism. Modern childhood in Asia : Japan adapts the new model. Childhood and communist revolutions. Childhood in the affluent societies, twentieth and twenty-1st centuries. The dislocations in the twentieth and twenty-1st centuries : children face war and violence. Globalization and childhoods. The dilemma of children's happiness. Conclusion : childhoods from past toward future

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Description:x, 179 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415598088, 0415598087, 9780415598095, 0415598095
oclc:ocn768092185
LC Classification:HQ767.87
Dewey Decimal:305.2309

Introduction : childhood in world history -- Childhood in agricultural societies -- Childhood in the classical civilizations -- Childhood in postclassical world history : the impact of religious change -- Contacts and contrasts in the postclassical world -- Forces of change and the modern model of childhood : developments in the west, eighteenth century to 1914. Alongside the modern model : the pressures of colonialism -- Modern childhood in Asia : Japan adapts the new model -- Childhood and communist revolutions -- Childhood in the affluent societies, twentieth and twenty-1st centuries -- The dislocations in the twentieth and twenty-1st centuries : children face war and violence -- Globalization and childhoods -- The dilemma of children's happiness -- Conclusion : childhoods from past toward future.