Childhood in world history / Peter N. Stearns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stearns, Peter N., author.

Series:

Themes in World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--History.

Children.

Children--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

Now in its fourth edition, Childhood in World History covers the major developments in the history of childhood from the classical civilizations to the present and explores how agricultural and industrial economies have shaped the experiences of children.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1. Childhood in Agricultural Societies: The First Big Changes

2. Childhood in the Classical Civilizations

3. Childhood in Postclassical World History

4. Changes and Contrasts in the Postclassical and Early Modern Centuries, 600-1700

5. Children at Play

6. Childhood in the Industrial Age

7. Forces of Change in Western Society, 1750-1900

8. New Constraints: The Impacts of Colonialism

9. The Immigrant Child

10. Japan Adopts the New Model

11. Childhood under Communism

12. Children in the Industrializing World

13. Childhood in the Affluent Societies

14. The Dislocations of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

15. Globalization and Childhoods

16. Conclusion: Patterns and Tensions in Childhood's History

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-316175-8

1-003-16175-8

1-000-39178-7

9781003161752

OCLC:

1247659647