Cunningham, Hugh. <br/><br/>
Children and childhood in western society since 1500 / 
Hugh Cunningham. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Harlow :  Pearson/Longman,  2005. 
 - ix, 238 p., [4] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies in modern history .
 - Studies in modern history. .
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: London: Longman, 1995. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index. 
<br/><br/>1.Introduction: The historiography of childhood -- 2.Children and childhood in ancient and medieval Europe -- 3.The development of a middle-class ideology of childhood, 1500-1900 -- 4.Family, work and shool, 1500-1900 -- 5.Children, philanthropy and the state in Europe, 1500-1860 -- 6.Saving the children, c.1830- c.1920 -- 7.\'The century of the child\'? -- 8.Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Hugh Cunningham surveys changing concepts of childhood, and the changing experience of being a child, in Europe and North America across five centuries. In so doing he reviews - and at many points challenges - the recent historiography of the subject. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780582784536 (pbk.) :  £17.99 0582784530 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children--History<br/>Parent and child--History<br/>Society.<br/>European history<br/>History<br/>c 1500 onwards to present day<br/>Social & cultural history<br/>Age groups: children
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ767.87  / .C86 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.23091821 CUN