A British Childhood? Some Historical Reflections on Continuities and Discontinuities in the Culture of Anglophone Childhood

• Main Author: Jarvis, Pam (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Psychology; play; institutionalisation; social reproduction; media; human evolution; children; purposes of nursery schooling; early-years education history; school readiness; poverty; early childhood education; abandonment; colonialism; racism; schooling for parental responsibility; childhood; early-years education; apartheid; foundling hospital; Africa; narrative; under-fives in elementary schools; urban Lancashire demographic sample 1901; storying; mythology; open-air nursery; maternal duties; Susan Isaacs
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book considers how adults attempt to socialise young children into the adults it aspires to produce, from a number of diverse perspectives. The evolution of storytelling and its impact upon child development is initially explored, followed by the consideration of how social class, ethnicity, cu...