A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Modern Age (The Cultural Histories Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472554728 ISBN 13: 9781472554727

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

Synopsis

Few people living in 1900 could have imagined what life would be like for children and families by the start of the 21st Century. The 20th Century brought improved nutrition, widespread immunization, lower mortality rates, greater access to schooling, more opportunities for communication and learning, and better legal protection for children. However, these achievements should be balanced by a recognition of the failure to protect and promote "the best interests of the child" and the family over this period. Wars, economic depression, exploitation, commodification, abuse, and discrimination – on the basis of ethnicity, race, gender, and class – all damaged children and families in the 20th Century.

As with all the volumes in the Cultural History of Childhood and Family set, this volume presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on family relationships, community, economy, environment, education, life cycle, child and state, faith and religion, health and science, and world contexts.

About this title

Book Description:

A thematic overview of how childhood and the family were perceived in the period from 1900 to the twenty-first century, covering life cycle, relationships, community, economy, the state, the environment, education, religion and health.

About the Author:

Joseph M. Hawes is Professor Emeritus at the University of Memphis, USA.

N. Ray Hiner is Professor Emeritus of History and Education at the University of Kansas, USA.Together, they are co-editors of Growing Up in America: Children in Historical Perspective; American Childhood: A Research Guide and Historical Handbook; and Children in Historical and Comparative Perspective: An International Handbook and Research Guide. Joseph Hawes' most recent works include Family and Society in American History and Family in American Society, an Encyclopedia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1472554728
• ISBN 13: 9781472554727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Hawes Joseph M., Hiner N. Ray