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      The Erosion of Childhood
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      Childhood in Britain 1860-1918

      The Erosion of Childhood

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      The Erosion of Childhood book

      Childhood in Britain 1860-1918
      ByLionel Rose
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1991
      eBook Published 31 January 2002
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203221402
      Pages 304
      eBook ISBN 9780203221402
      Subjects Humanities
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      Rose, L. (1991). The Erosion of Childhood: Childhood in Britain 1860-1918 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203221402

      ABSTRACT

      Discusses the status of children in society from the mid-Victorian period to the end of the First World War, showing that children were regarded principally as objects to be used and abused rather than people in their own right.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|7 pages

      CHILDREN WITHOUT CHILDHOOD: AN INTRODUCTION

      chapter 2|11 pages

      FACTORIES AND MINES LEGISLATION

      chapter 3|12 pages

      SWEATSHOPS, COTTAGE LABOUR AND MOONLIGHTING UP TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR

      chapter 4|5 pages

      CHILDREN ON THE LAND AND CHILDREN AT SEA

      chapter 5|15 pages

      YOUNG SLAVES—CHILDREN IN DOMESTIC SERVICE

      chapter 6|8 pages

      BRICKYARD AND CANAL BOAT CHILDREN AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS

      chapter 7|7 pages

      THEATRICAL, CIRCUS AND FAIRGROUND CHILDREN

      chapter 8|14 pages

      JUVENILE STREET TRADERS

      chapter 9|11 pages

      WAIFS AND BEGGARS

      chapter 10|10 pages

      VAGRANCY

      chapter 11|6 pages

      THE BLIND-ALLEY JOB PROBLEM

      chapter 12|9 pages

      EMPLOYERS, EDUCATION AND THE PART-TIME SYSTEM

      chapter 13|13 pages

      SCHOOL CURRICULUM CODES AND THE ‘STANDARDS’ 1862–1918

      chapter 14|16 pages

      TEACHING METHODS 1860–1918

      chapter 15|16 pages

      HEALTH AND SCHOOLING

      chapter 16|11 pages

      SCHOOLING AND THE UPPER CLASSES

      chapter 17|17 pages

      PUPIL SOCIETY AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

      chapter 18|7 pages

      SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

      chapter 19|10 pages

      THE FORMATIVE RESULTS OF EDUCATION

      chapter 20|9 pages

      EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY

      chapter 21|7 pages

      EXPLOITATION, DISCIPLINE AND DUTY IN THE WORKING-CLASS HOME

      chapter 22|11 pages

      UPBRINGING IN THE UPPER-CLASS HOME

      chapter 23|11 pages

      THE CHILD PROTECTION MOVEMENT

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