Inventing the Child (Children's Literature and Culture)

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2006
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Gives an account of what it means to be a child (and a parent) in America at the dawn of the millennium. This work explores the history and development of the concept of childhood, starting with the works of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau and culminating with the modern 'consumer' childhood of Dr Spock and television.

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Gives an account of what it means to be a child (and a parent) in America at the dawn of the millennium. This work explores the history and development of the concept of childhood, starting with the works of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau and culminating with the modern 'consumer' childhood of Dr Spock and television.

$77.41

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 24 Aug 2006
ISBN 10: 0415979668
ISBN 13: 9780415979665