Children in Historical and Comparative Perspective: An International Handbook and Research Guide

Abstract

Preface Standing on Common Ground: Reflections on the History of Children by N. Ray Hiner and Joseph M. Hawes The Premodern World Children in Antiquity by Valerie French Childhood in Medieval Europe by David Nicholas Childhood in Early Modern Europe by Sherrin Marshall Childhood in Premodern China by John Dardess The Modern World Australia and New Zealand by Mary McDougall Gordon Brazil by Elizabeth Anne Kuznesof Canada by Patricia T. Rooke and Rudy Schnell East Africa by Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super England by Nupur Chaudhuri France by Linda Clark Germany by Mary Jo Maynes and Thomas Taylor Israel by Selwyn Troen and Walter Ackerman Italy by Mary Gibson Japan by Kathleen S. Uno Mexico by Asuncion Lavrin Muslim Middle East by Elizabeth Fernea Russia and the USSR by David L. Ransel The United States by Joseph M. Hawes, Constance B. Schulz, and N. Ray Hiner Index