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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455549503321

Autore

Rose Lionel <1944, >

Titolo

The erosion of childhood : child oppression in Britain, 1860-1918 / / Lionel Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1991

ISBN

1-134-98900-8

1-280-32316-7

0-203-22140-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

305.23/0941

Soggetti

Children - Great Britain - Social conditions

Child labor - Great Britain - History

Education, Elementary - Great Britain - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Publisher's note; Children without childhood: an introduction; Factories and mines legislation; Sweatshops, cottage labour and moonlighting up to the First World War; Children on the land and children at sea; Young slaves; children in domestic service; Brickyard and canal boat children and chimney sweeps; Theatrical, circus and fairground children; Juvenile street traders; Waifs and beggars; Vagrancy; The blind-alley job problem; Employers, education and the part-time system; School curriculum codes and the 'Standards' 1862  1918; Teaching methods 1860  1918

Health and schoolingSchooling and the upper classes; Pupil society and school discipline; School attendance; The formative results of education; Education and economic mobility; Exploitation, discipline and duty in the working-class home; Upbringing in the upper-class home; The child protection movement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the status of children in society from the mid-Victorian period to the end of the First World War, showing that children were regarded principally as objects to be used and abused rather than



people in their own right.