A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment

Author:   Elizabeth Foyster ,  James Marten ,  Foyster ,  Marten
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781847887979


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Format:   Hardback
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A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment


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The collection of ideas, values, and beliefs known as the Enlightenment fundamentally altered the ways in which the family was understood. During this period (1650–1800), traditional family roles were rethought, questioning much which had been taken for granted, such as the innate nature of children. At the same time, the Enlightenment also reinforced many long-held notions, applying new ideas to perpetuate assumptions about gender and race. The commercialization of agriculture, industrialization, and urbanization, as well as the opportunities presented by expanding education and the sale of domestic goods all impacted on the family. Further, the continuing expansion of Western empires, the ownership of slaves within American states, and the political turmoil of the American and French revolutions all helped to shape both the ideals and the experience of family life. A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays on family relationships, community, economy, geography and the environment, education, life cycle, the state, faith and religion, health and science, and world contexts.

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Author:   Elizabeth Foyster ,  James Marten ,  Foyster ,  Marten
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.659kg
ISBN:  

9781847887979


ISBN 10:   184788797
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Elizabeth Foyster (University of Cambridge, UK) and James Marten (University of Milwaukee, USA) 1 Family Relationships Joanne Bailey (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 2 Community Alysa Levene (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 3 Economy Deborah Simonton (University of Southern Denmark, DENMARK) 4 Geography and the Environment Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK) 5 Education Valentina K. Tikoff (DePaul University in Chicago, USA) 6 Life Cycle Mary Abbott (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) 7 The State Steven King (University of Leicester, UK) 8 Faith and Religion Allison P. Coudert (University of California Davis, USA) 9 Health and Science Mary Lindemann (University of Miami, USA) 10 World Contexts Adriana Silvia Benzaquén (Mount Saint Vincent University, CANADA) Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

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Elizabeth Foyster is Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge and author of Marital Conflict and Violence in the English Family, 1660-1857 and Manhood in Early Modern England. James Marten is Chair of the Department of History at Marquette University and author or editor of several books on the history of childhood, including Children and War: A Historical Anthology and Children in Colonial America.

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