Overview

The nineteenth century was a time when the world was becoming increasingly connected through global forces and networks. Colonial and capitalist expansion was bringing the world into closer contact, while nationalism and forms of indigenous resistance were shaping and moulding the world on more local and regional scales. This dynamic environment was the backdrop for a time when childhood was becoming significantly elaborated as a cultural category of identity. Institutions, objects, and places specifically designed for children were multiplying at an unprecedented rate; writing about children in fiction and non-fiction became increasingly prolific; and the concern for children's health and well-being in life and death was paramount in many communities. Scholarship on the nineteenth century spans many disciplines and areas of interest and utilises diverse and abundant source material to study a period recognised as foundational for our modern, globalized world. This volume brings together scholars from archaeology, art history, bioarchaeology, educational history, history, literary studies, and theatre history to present studies of nineteenth century children and childhood in Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, England, Ireland, Native North America, Romania, Russia, and the United States. The interdisciplinary focus of this volume illustrates the wealth of sources, methods, and perspectives that can be used to develop our understandings of childhood in the nineteenth century, and the international scope of the studies offers a platform to engage commonalities in an increasingly globalised world alongside an appreciation for local, regional, and national variations in the cultural creation and experiences of childhood.

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Author:   Jane Eva Baxter ,  Meredith a.B. Ellis
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   6
ISBN:  

9781785708435

ISBN 10:   1785708430
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Sally Crawford List of Contributors and Author Biographies Acknowledgements Introduction: Nineteenth Century Childhoods in Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives Jane Eva Baxter and Meredith Ellis Part 1: Children, Nationalism, and Dimensions of Identity The Manipulation of Indigenous Imagery to Represent Canadian Childhood and Nationhood in 19th Century Canada Loren Lerner Laying the foundation of 'modern childhood' in Russia: the child protection movement and the changing symbolic value of children, 1861-1917 Natalia Chernyaeva Imagining Futures: Margaret Fuller and Nathaniel Hawthorne on Women, Children, and History Gina Ocasion Part 2: Children on the Move: Immigration, Emigration, and Deportation British Children, Canadian Adults: Childhood Emigration to Canada in the Late-Nineteenth Century. Steven J. Taylor Transported beyond the Seas: Criminal Juveniles Emma Watkins Part 3: Children, Consumerism, and Advertising He knows a good thing when he sees it! : Advertising to Children in the U.S., 1850-1900 Jaclyn N. Schultz Creating Desire and Little Consumers: Doll Advertising in U.S. Newspapers, 1860-1900 Katherine Mumma and Jane Eva Baxter Part 4: Institutions for Children and Children in Institutions Education, Race and Nation-building in an Archipelago: Nineteenth-Century Bahamian Out Island Schools John Daniel Burton It Takes a Village: Raising Patriots in 19th-Century Romania Ana Fumurescu The Bedford Asylum: Building for the 'Industrious Child' in early-nineteenth century Dublin. Katherine Fennelly Nineteenth century institutional education : A spatial approach to assimilation and resistance at Hoopa Valley Indian School Paulina F. Przystupa Part 5: Children's Bodies and Children's Lives 'The lowness of stature, the leanness and the paleness': childhood nutritional health in 19th-century England Holly Hunt-Watts, University of Leeds A Tool for Moral Uplift: The Sacralization and Commemoration of a 19th-Century Child Actress Shauna Vey, NYC College of Technology/City University of New York

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Jane Eva Baxter is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at DePaul University in Chicago, USA. She is a historical (post-medieval) archaeologist who has written extensively on the archaeology of children and childhood including The Archaeology of Childhood: Children, Gender, and Material Culture. Meredith A.B. Ellis is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, USA. She is an historical bioarchaeologist who focuses on social bioarchaeology and studies subadult skeletal remains, particularly within the context of the nineteenth century United States.

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