This volume proposes to examine nuanced issues of childhood such social identity, economic and social contribution, and health issues in the larger community. The authors use both very localized and very global data in their studies.
Bioarchaeological studies of children have, until recently, centered on population data-driven topics like mortality rates and growth and morbidity patterns. This volume examines emerging issues in childhood studies, looking at historic and prehistoric contexts and framing quest…
Fighting for life
by Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine)
fromNew York Review Books classics
"New York's lower east side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenement--in an official Health Department report, no less--a…
Fighting for life
by Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine)
fromNew York Review Books classics
"New York's Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenement--in an official Health Department report, no less--a…
Fighting for life
by Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine)
fromNew York Review Books classics
"New York's lower east side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenement--in an official Health Department report, no less--a…
L'opera fornisce una panoramica dei principali temi della storia dell'infanzia in Occidente dall'antichità ai giorni nostri, esplorando i progressi che gli studi sull'infanzia hanno ottenuto negli ultimi decenni. Il volume è composto da tre parti, suddivise per periodo storico: …
The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding the history of childhood in the West from antiquity to the present day. By broadly incorporating the research in the field of Childhood Studies, the book explore…
This book provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of childhood and the life of children in the West from antiquity to the present day, and explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few decades in this field. It addresses such issues as…
Child Welfare is the first comprehensive book on the history of social policy and child welfare from the 1870s to the present. It offers a full narrative of the development of social services for children.