Overview

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 children; child sexual abuse; and children and education. This volume, therefore, includes some of the best, innovative work on the history of children and childhood currently being written by both younger and established scholars.

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Author:   Katrina Honeyman ,  Nigel Goose
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9781409411147

ISBN 10:   1409411141
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   09 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, JonasHarvard, PeterStadius; Chapter 2 Child Sexual Abuse in Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century London, SarahToulalan; Chapter 3 Charity Apprenticeship and Social Capital in Eighteenth-Century England, AlysaLevene; Chapter 4 Compulsion, Compassion and Consent, KatrinaHoneyman; Chapter 5 Agency and Reform, Nielsvan Manen; Chapter 6 Care and Cruelty in the Workhouse, JaneHumphries; Chapter 7 Victorian Social Investigation and the Children’s Employment Commission, 1840–1842, PeterKirby; Chapter 8 Child Employment Prospects in Nineteenth-Century Hertfordshire in Perspective, NigelGoose; Chapter 9 ‘We Will Have It’, KathrynGleadle; Chapter 10 Changing Conceptualizations of Children’s Rights in Early Industrial Britain, ColinCreighton; Chapter 11 ‘Something in the Place of Home’, NicolaSheldon; Chapter 12 Moral Instruction, Urban Poverty and English Elementary Schools in the Late Nineteenth Century, SusannahWright; Chapter 13 Working Lads in Late-Victorian London, ClareRose;

Reviews

'This well-written book successfully accesses the experiences of child labourers via a range of clearly conveyed topics and previously underutilised or overlooked historical resources. It allows for a comprehensive outlook on the childhood experience of the labouring population between 1750-1914 and effectively evaluates the autonomy afforded to and exercised by these children, thus characterising them as active participants in the economic and social transitions of the time.' Centre for Medical Humanities 'All of the essays in the collection are solidly rooted in both secondary and primary sources, and are written in an approachable prose style... a worthwhile addition to its field.' EH-Net 'Childhood and Child Labour in Industrial England, 1750-1914 provides a nuanced and sophisticated analysis of children working in industrializing Britain. ... insightful and well-researched ...' Britain.Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

Author Information

Nigel Goose is Professor of Social and Economic History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and Katrina Honeyman was Professor of Social and Economic History at the University of Leeds, UK. Nigel Goose, Katrina Honeyman, Sarah Toulalan, Alysa Levene, Niels van Manen, Jane Humphries, Peter Kirby, Kathryn Gleadle, Colin Creighton, Nicola Sheldon, Susannah Wright, Clare Rose.

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