{"product_id":"a-history-of-childhood-hardback-9780745651651","title":"A History of Childhood (Hardback) 9780745651651","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Childhood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Heywood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745651651, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 November 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a lively, accessible and compelling overview of how childhood has been thought about and experienced over the last 800 years. Grounded in recent scholarship it provides a very effective summary of key debates, approaches and themes. It is an excellent introduction to the topic for students, and essential reading for all those interested in the ways in which children's lives have changed for better or worse across time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLouise Jackson, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Anyone interested in the history of childhood will do well to start with Heywood's fine work. It covers necessary topics, like child labor, schooling and health, but also subtler ones including child agency, the relationship of children to good and evil and the \"value\" of children. It is also a great read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarl Ipsen, Indiana University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Looking for a good book about childhood’s past, I waited for the new Second Edition of \u003ci\u003eA History of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e. Although written with scholarly correctness, it’s accessible, and it turns out to be a pretty good story, too.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Blumenthal, Digital Insider\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eColin Heywood's classic account of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the First World War combines a long-run historical perspective with a broad geographical spread. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new, comprehensively updated edition incorporates the findings of the most recent research, and in particular revises and expands the sections on theoretical developments in the 'new social studies of childhood', on medieval conceptions of the child, on parenting and on children’s literature. Rather than merely narrating their experiences from the perspectives of adults, Heywood incorporates children’s testimonies, 'looking up' as well as 'down'. Paying careful attention to elements of continuity as well as change, he tells a story of astonishing material improvement for the lives of children in advanced societies, while showing how the business of preparing for adulthood became more and more complicated and fraught with emotional difficulties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich with evocative details of everyday life, and providing the most concise and readable synthesis of the literature available, Heywood's book will be indispensable to all those interested in the study of childhood.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font-size: 11px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart I: Changing Conceptions of Childhood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1 Conceptions of Childhood in the Middle Ages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2 The Quest for a Turning Point\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3 Some Themes in the Cultural History of Childhood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart II: Growing up in the Family\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4 The Start of a New Life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5 A Precarious Infancy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6 Early Childhood, Age Two to Seven\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7 Later Childhood, Age Seven to Fourteen\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart III: Children in a Wider World\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8 Children at Work in Agricultural Societies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9 Child Labour and Industrialization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10 Children's Leisure Activities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11 Children's Health\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11 The Child and the School\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407321985304,"sku":"9780745651651","price":53.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745651651.jpg?v=1784161527","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-childhood-hardback-9780745651651","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}