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Childhood in Nineteenth-Century France: Work, Health and Education Among the 'Classes Populaires' Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Heywood, Colin (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521892775     ISBN-13: 9780521892773
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $44.64  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2002
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Annotation: The central theme of this book is the changing experience of childhood among the peasants and working classes of nineteenth-century France. Manual work and informal methods of education in the local community became less prominent at this stage of life, whilst the primary school loomed increasingly large. The first section of the book considers childhood in rural society; the second examines the impact of industrial development on the lives of working-class children; and the third traces the child labour legislation of 1841 and 1874. The purposes of the work are to understand why the practice of child labour, considered entirely acceptable in the early nineteenth century, became an issue for reform from the 1830s, and also to assess the strategies adopted by the French State for curbing abuses. Its significance lies in its original synthesis of material on child labour, apprenticeship and education, drawing on a broad range of primary sources as well as the existing literature in related fields of study.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - General
- Social Science | Children's Studies
Dewey: 305.230
Series: Work, Health and Education Among the 'Classes Populaires'
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.12" W x 9.26" L (1.31 lbs) 364 pages
Features: Bibliography, Maps
 
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