Filling a gap in a field with very few teaching books available, Childhood in World History provides a much-needed historical overview. Studying childhood historically greatly advances our understanding of what childhood is about, and a world history focus permits broad questions to be asked.
Peter N. Stearns, an esteemed name in the field, focuses on childhood in several ways:
Highlighting the gains, the divisions, and the losses for children across the millennia, this fascinating book will appeal to students across the board, and will prove an excellent teaching resource.
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1. Introduction: Childhood in World History 2. Childhood in Agricultural Societies: The First Big Changes 3. Childhood in the Classical Civilizations 4. Childhood in Postclassical World History: The Impact of Religious Change 5. Debating Childhood in the Premodern West 6. Forces of Change and the Modern Model of Childhood Developments in the West, Eighteenth Century – 1914 7. Alongside the Modern Model: The Pressures of Colonialism 8. Modern Childhood in Asia: Japan Adapts the New Model 9. Childhood and Communist Revolutions 10. Childhood in the Affluent Societies, Twentieth – Twenty-First Centuries 11. The Dislocations in the Twentieth–Twenty-First Centuries: Children Face War and Violence 12. Globalization and Childhoods 13. Conclusion: Childhoods From Past Toward Future
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