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In this lively and accessible book, Colin Heywood explores the changing experiences and perceptions of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the beginning of

A survey of childhood that reveals startling views of life in Europe and America during the past 2000 years. This book documents the lives of former children wh

Colin Heywood's classic account of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the First World War combines a long-run historical perspective with a broad geographi

Like Huck’s raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. For more than three centuries, adults have agonized over rais

The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding the history of childhood in the West from