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Childhood, Memory and Autobiography in Holland
R. Dekker
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Description for Childhood, Memory and Autobiography in Holland
Hardback. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Between the 17th and 19th centuries auto-biographers and diarists invented new ways to write about childhood and children. At the same time, pedagogical ideas about child-rearing changed. This book looks at the connection between these developments. Egodocuments can bring the past alive, and allow us to sketch six intimate portraits. The second part of the book concentrates on the changes. Childhood became more highly valued as a phase of life. Children were taken more seriously. This is shown in chapters on child's play, punishment, wet-nursing and independence. Around 1800, in diaries, parents more openly grieved about the loss ... Read more
Between the 17th and 19th centuries auto-biographers and diarists invented new ways to write about childhood and children. At the same time, pedagogical ideas about child-rearing changed. This book looks at the connection between these developments. Egodocuments can bring the past alive, and allow us to sketch six intimate portraits. The second part of the book concentrates on the changes. Childhood became more highly valued as a phase of life. Children were taken more seriously. This is shown in chapters on child's play, punishment, wet-nursing and independence. Around 1800, in diaries, parents more openly grieved about the loss ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312225070
SKU
V9780312225070
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About R. Dekker
Rudolf Dekker teaches history at the Faculty of History and Art of the Eramus University.
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