Child's world: a social history of english childhood

By:

Walvin, James

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: "Middlesex, Eng."; Penguin Books; 1984Description: 236pISBN:

140223894

Subject(s):

Social history 19th century

DDC classification:

305.230942 WAL

Summary: During the 19th century more than a third of the English population was fourteen or under Put more graphically; there was no escaping from children. Their noise and play were a constant feature of life, they cluttered up streets and houses and haunted the historical documentation of the time. At one end of the spectrum they underpinned the Victorian ideal of the family, at the other they provided cheap, pliable labour for the industrial revolution. There were enormous differences between children of different classes, ages, sexes and localities, but even under the harshest conditions children managed to inherit, create and pass on their own stories, songs, street-games and mythologies. Their experiences shaped society as we know it and this Pelican is a unique and fascinating study of a hitherto neglected area of our history.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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During the 19th century more than a third of
the English population was fourteen or under
Put more graphically; there was no escaping
from children. Their noise and play were a
constant feature of life, they cluttered up
streets and houses and haunted the
historical documentation of the time. At one
end of the spectrum they underpinned the
Victorian ideal of the family, at the other they
provided cheap, pliable labour for the
industrial revolution.
There were enormous differences between
children of different classes, ages, sexes and
localities, but even under the harshest
conditions children managed to inherit,
create and pass on their own stories, songs,
street-games and mythologies.
Their experiences shaped society as we
know it and this Pelican is a unique and
fascinating study of a hitherto neglected area
of our history.

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