Forgotten Children: Parent-Child Relations from 1500-1900

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Preface Acknowledgements 1. Past children: a review of the literature on the history of childhood 2. The thesis re-examined: a criticism of the literature 3. Issues concerning evidence 4. Attitudes to children 5. Discipline and control 6. From birth to twelve 7. Summary and conclusions Appendix Bibliography and citation index.