Childhood in Question: Children, Parents and the State

by Stephen Hussey

Book Overview

Childhood in Question explores the historical development, from the 1600s to the 1960s, of childhood experience. Drawing on artifacts as diverse as state papers, legal records, diaries, letters and oral sources, the authors probe a series of key issues: the definition of "the child" and the formation of identity; the emotional world of childhood; the changing attitudes of the state to family intimacy and parent-child relations; the sexuality of children;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719053943
• ISBN13: 9780719053948
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"