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Day Nurseries & Childcare in Europe, 1800-1939
Dorena Caroli
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Hardback. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JHB; JKS; JNB; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
This book traces the birth and evolution of the crèche in France, England, Germany, Russia and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, in an attempt to understand from a transnational viewpoint the history of an institution for very young children that was very different from what we know today. These institutions had the two-fold goal of combatting the two phenomena that had for centuries characterised the history of infancy – infant mortality and the abandonment of babies. Drawing on a wealth of printed sources and in the light of the most recent and authoritative ... Read more
This book traces the birth and evolution of the crèche in France, England, Germany, Russia and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, in an attempt to understand from a transnational viewpoint the history of an institution for very young children that was very different from what we know today. These institutions had the two-fold goal of combatting the two phenomena that had for centuries characterised the history of infancy – infant mortality and the abandonment of babies. Drawing on a wealth of printed sources and in the light of the most recent and authoritative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137592262
SKU
V9781137592262
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99-15
About Dorena Caroli
Dorena Caroli is an associate professor at the University of Macerata, Italy.
Reviews for Day Nurseries & Childcare in Europe, 1800-1939
“Dorena Caroli’s Day Nurseries and Childcare in Europe 1800–1939, a revised and deftly translated version of her 2014 monograph Per una storia dell’asilo nido in Europa, offers an ambitious contribution to the burgeoning field of transnational studies in the history of early childhood education (ECE) and care. In it, Caroli describes the origin, spread and evolution of day nurseries – ... Read more