Forgotten Children: Parent-Child Relations from 1500 to 1900

by Linda A. Pollock

Book Overview

'The history of childhood is an area so full of errors, distortion and misinterpretation that I thought it vital, if progress were to be made, to supply a clear review of the information on childhood contained in such sources as diaries and autobiographies.' Dr Pollock's statement in her Preface will startle readers who have not questioned the validity of recent theories on the evolution of childhood and the treatment of children, theories which see...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521271339
• ISBN13: 9780521271332
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"