Forgotten children : parent-child relations from 1500 to 1900 / Linda A. Pollock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollock, Linda A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--History.

Children.

History.

Children--Public opinion--History.

Parent and child--History.

Parent and child.

Child development--History.

Child development.

Public opinion--History.

Public opinion.

Children--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xi, 334 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Contents:

1 Past children. A review of the literature on the history of childhood 1

The Aries thesis 1

The evidence for the thesis 22

Explanations for the transition in the parent-child relationship 28

2 The thesis re-examined: a criticism of the literature 33

The evolutionary and functional aspects of parental care 34

The evidence for the historical thesis 43

The argument of the historical thesis 52

Is a history of childhood possible? 65

3 Issues concerning evidence 68

The primary sources 69

Newspaper reports 91

4 Attitudes to children 96

The concept of childhood 96

Illness and death 124

5 Discipline and control 143

Discipline in the home 144

Discipline in school 188

6 From birth to twelve 203

Birth 204

Infancy 212.

Notes:

Revision of thesis (doctoral)--University of St. Andrews, 1981.

Bibliography: pages 296-334.

ISBN:

0521250099

0521271339

OCLC:

9441941