Kristen McCabe Lashua

Children at the Birth of Empire

British Law, Liberty, and the Global Migration of Destitute Children, c. 1607-1760

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire, uniting separate historiographies on poverty, childhood, global expansion, forced migration, bound labor, and law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780367507077
• ISBN-10: 0367507072
• Artikelnr.: 67400966

Autorenporträt

Kristen McCabe Lashua is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History and Political Science Department at Vanguard University of Southern California. Her research interests include the history of childhood, the British Empire, and legal history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Children at the Birth of Empire Part 1: Understanding Early
Modern Childhood 1. "To Stock the Next Generation with Noble Plants":
Cultural Concepts of Childhood 2. "The Law is their Guardian": English
Legal Concepts of Childhood Part 2: Destitute Children Abroad 3. Destitute
Children and "Nursing Fathers": Caring for London's Youngest Vagrants 4. A
Global Answer to the Poore Orphan's Cry: Children and the Growth of Empire
Part 3: The Legalities of Child Migration 5. Spirited, Convicted, or
Compelled: The Forced Migration of Children, 1607-1700 6. Charity, Consent,
and "Kidnapping": Stolen Children and the Rise of Children's
Self-Determination, 1680-1760. Conclusion: Britain's Children, Britain's
Liberty