Colin HeywoodGrowing Up in France
From the Ancien Regime to the Third Republic
Colin Heywood is Reader in Modern French History at the University of Nottingham. His previous publications include The Development of the French Economy, 1750-1914 (1995), and A History of Childhood in the West (2001).
Introduction
Part I. Representations of Childhood and Adolescence in France: 1. 'Ego documents' and the French historian in the twenty-first century
2. Into the limelight: new conceptions of childhood and adolescence
3. Growing up in theory and in practice
4. Turning points in a life: the autobiographical model
Part II. Growing Up Among Family and Friends: 5. The demographic context: family forms in modern France
6. Of mothers and motherhood
7. Of fathers, fatherhood, kin and discipline
8. 'Small memories' from childhood
9. The society of children and youth
Part III. Moving Towards Adulthood: 10. School, apprenticeship and work
11. A 'long' childhood in the secondary schools
12. Into 'adult' territory: sex, politics and religion
Conclusion
Bibliography.