Childhood and Child Labour in Industrial England :: Diversity and Agency, 1750-1914 /

The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking an understanding of children and childhood in new directions. The two key overarching themes are diversity: social, economic, geographical, and cultural; and agency: the need to see chi...

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Weitere Verfasser: Goose, Nigel, Honeyman, Katrina
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd. ; Ashgate Publishing Company, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking an understanding of children and childhood in new directions. The two key overarching themes are diversity: social, economic, geographical, and cultural; and agency: the need to see children in industrial England as participants - even protagonists - in the process of historical change, not simply as passive recipients or victims. Contributors address such crucial subjects as the varied experience of work; poverty and apprenticeship; institutional care; the political voice of chil.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 358 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-353) and index.
ISBN:9781409411154
140941115X
1409411141
9781409411147

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