Description
While children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Throughout the millennia, the age at which a child becomes a youth and a youth becomes an adult has varied by gender, class, religion, ethnicity, place, and economic need. As author James
Marten explores in this Very Short Introduction, so too have the realities of childhood, each life shaped by factors such as education, expectation, and conflict (or lack thereof). Indeed, ancient Roman children lived very differently than those born of today's Generation Z. Experiences of childhood have been shaped in classrooms and on factory floors, in family homes and orphanages, and on battlefields and in front of television sets. In addressing this diversity, The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction takes a global, expansive view of the features of
childhood that have shaped childhood throughout history and continue to shape it now. From the rules of Confucian childrearing in twelfth-century China to the struggles of children living as slaves in the Americas or as cotton mill workers in Industrial Age Britain, Marten takes his inspiration from
the idea that the lives of children reveal important and sometimes uncomfortable truths about civilization.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and
enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: James Marten
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/05/2018
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.20w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780190681388
ISBN10: 0190681381
BISAC Categories:
- History | General
- Social Science | Children's Studies
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Adolescence
Marten explores in this Very Short Introduction, so too have the realities of childhood, each life shaped by factors such as education, expectation, and conflict (or lack thereof). Indeed, ancient Roman children lived very differently than those born of today's Generation Z. Experiences of childhood have been shaped in classrooms and on factory floors, in family homes and orphanages, and on battlefields and in front of television sets. In addressing this diversity, The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction takes a global, expansive view of the features of
childhood that have shaped childhood throughout history and continue to shape it now. From the rules of Confucian childrearing in twelfth-century China to the struggles of children living as slaves in the Americas or as cotton mill workers in Industrial Age Britain, Marten takes his inspiration from
the idea that the lives of children reveal important and sometimes uncomfortable truths about civilization.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and
enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: James Marten
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/05/2018
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.20w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780190681388
ISBN10: 0190681381
BISAC Categories:
- History | General
- Social Science | Children's Studies
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Adolescence
About the Author
James Marten is Professor of History at Marquette University, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. He is a past president of both the Society of Civil War Historians and of the Society for the History of Children and Youth, and the author or editor of more than fifteen books.