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The Childhood of the Poor: Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London
Alysa Levene
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Hardback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times.
Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230354807
SKU
V9780230354807
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Ref
99-15
About Alysa Levene
ALYSA LEVENE is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published widely on the history of child welfare, including child abandonment, mortality, illegitimacy and pauper apprenticeship. Her previous monograph, Childcare, Health and Mortality at the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800: 'Left to the Mercy of the World' was published in 2007.
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