ISBN:
1423729633
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9781423729631
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1602580456
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9781602580459
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1280266589
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9781280266584
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (65 pages)
Series Statement:
Charles Edmondson historical lectures 28th
DDC:
305.2309
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
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Children
;
Kinderen
;
Internationale aspecten
;
Geschichte
;
Kind
;
Children History
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Cover; 1. Childhood in Agricultural Societies; 2. Childhood Amid Modernization and Globalization; About the Author
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Growing Up combines two flourishing historical fields-the history of childhood and world history-to address the question of how much of childhood is natural and how much is historically determined. The first lecture gauges the impact of the development of agriculture, civilization, and religion upon the premodern experience of childhood. The second lecture contrasts modern perspectives on childhood with more traditional ones before investigating how and why modern perspectives developed and spread. These lectures clearly demonstrate that the transformation of childhood is both recent and sweep
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