Growing Up combines two flourishing historical fields--the history of childhood and world history--to address the question of how much of childhood is natural and how much is historically determined. The first lecture gauges the impact of the development of agriculture, civilization, and religion upon the premodern experience of childhood. The second lecture contrasts modern perspectives on childhood with more traditional ones before investigating how and why modern perspectives developed and spread. These lectures clearly demonstrate that the transformation of childhood is both recent and sweeping.
- ISBN10 1932792287
- ISBN13 9781932792287
- Publish Date 31 January 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baylor University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 72
- Language English