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Childhood and Child Labour in Industrial England : Diversity and Agency, 1750-1914 /
The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking an understanding of children and childhood in new directions. The two key overarching themes are diversity: social, economic, geographical, and cultural; and agency: the need to see chi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Ltd. ; Ashgate Publishing Company,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking an understanding of children and childhood in new directions. The two key overarching themes are diversity: social, economic, geographical, and cultural; and agency: the need to see children in industrial England as participants - even protagonists - in the process of historical change, not simply as passive recipients or victims. Contributors address such crucial subjects as the varied experience of work; poverty and apprenticeship; institutional care; the political voice of chil. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-353) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409411154 140941115X 1409411141 9781409411147 |