Childhood studies : a reader in perspectives of childhood / edited by Jean Mills and Richard Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills RJ Eds Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Mills, Jean, 1947-

Mills, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Research.

Children.

Child development--Research.

Child development.

Children--Attitudes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nature of childhood, the consideration of whether a certain age denotes innocence or not, and the desire to teach good citizenship to our children are all issues commonly discussed by today's media. This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into the next century.The book is divided into five main sections:* part one sets the scene and provides the reader with an overview of attitudes towards childhood.* part two survey

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Jean Mills and Richard Mills; Overview; Perspectives of childhood Richard Mills; Literature; The child in nineteenth-century literature Jean Mills; Childhood and twentieth-century children's literature Fay Sampson; Education; Children at play Susannah Smith; Language and thought Alison Johnson; Moral and spiritual growth Jack Priestley; Cultural studies; Race, class and gender Neill Thew; Children in film Stuart Hanson; Research; Uncovering the history of childhood Maxine Rhodes

Researching childhood Jean Mills and Richard MillsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-84445-118-6

1-134-61197-8

1-134-61198-6

0-203-25281-0

1-280-33306-5

0-203-02020-0

9780203020203

OCLC:

263594577