Peter N. Stearns

Childhood in World History (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000391770
• Artikelnr.: 61610646

Autorenporträt

Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University, USA. He has written and taught widely on subjects in world history and has researched several aspects of the modern history of parenting and childhood. He also serves on the editorial board of the leading journal on childhood history.

Inhaltsangabe

0. 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 Constraints 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 Impact of Colonialism 9. The Immigrant Child 10. Japan
Adapts 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

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0. 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 Constraints 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 Impact of Colonialism 9. The Immigrant Child 10. Japan Adapts 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