{"product_id":"childhood-in-nineteenth-century-france-work-health-and-education-among-the-classes-populaires-paperback-9780521892773","title":"Childhood in Nineteenth-Century France; Work, Health and Education among the 'Classes Populaires' (Paperback) 9780521892773","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChildhood in Nineteenth-Century France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWork, Health and Education among the 'Classes Populaires'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe central theme of this book is the changing experience of childhood in nineteenth-century France.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Heywood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521892773, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 May 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm, 0.596 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 very good manuscript, well researched, cautious, judicious, eschewing partisan or emotional sweeping statements and above all very well, indeed elegantly, written and constructed. It is, as The New York Review of Books would say, a good read, holding the reader from beginning to end and arriving at some important conclusions.' Olwen Hufton, Harvard University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe central theme of this book is the changing experience of childhood among the peasants and working classes of nineteenth-century France. Manual work and informal methods of education in the local community became less prominent at this stage of life, whilst the primary school loomed increasingly large. The first section of the book considers childhood in rural society; the second examines the impact of industrial development on the lives of working-class children; and the third traces the child labour legislation of 1841 and 1874. The purposes of the work are to understand why the practice of child labour, considered entirely acceptable in the early nineteenth century, became an issue for reform from the 1830s, and also to assess the strategies adopted by the French State for curbing abuses. Its significance lies in its original synthesis of material on child labour, apprenticeship and education, drawing on a broad range of primary sources as well as the existing literature in related fields of study.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Rural Background: 1. The agricultural setting\u003cbr\u003e 2. The nature of work for children in agrarian society\u003cbr\u003e 3. Education in rural society\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Impact of Industrialization: 4. Child labour in the industrial setting\u003cbr\u003e 5. Working conditions for children in industry\u003cbr\u003e 6. A physical decline in the race?\u003cbr\u003e 7. A moral and intellectual decline?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The State Intervenes: 8. 1841: an experiment in social legislation\u003cbr\u003e 9. The experiment in practice, 1841–70\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1874: child labour legislation comes of age\u003cbr\u003e 11. The curbing of child labour in industry, 1874–92\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913242960152,"sku":"9780521892773","price":31.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521892773i_e93d3703-801a-406c-9166-d5e575e20475.jpg?v=1691358969","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/childhood-in-nineteenth-century-france-work-health-and-education-among-the-classes-populaires-paperback-9780521892773","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}