A Multidimensional Theory of Early Modern Western Childhood

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ID2941250
AuthorsG David Johnson (0000-0003-4339-6589, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Univerisity of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, U.S.A.)
Year1990
Volume21
Issue1
Pages1-11
Publication date1990-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.21.1.1
OpenAlexW2513622600
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Historical findings on the nature of childhood in early modern times (1450- 1800) are compared for three national cases: England, France, and the American Colonies. The intellectual context for the study is the issue of modernity and the family: After some three decades of concentrated study, what can we now say about the origins of modern forms of childhood? A set of outstanding facts regarding the transformation of childhood are presented. On most measures, the cases of the American Colonics and England developed modern forms prior to their devlopment in France. The single exception was the earlier experience of fertility declines in France. A multidimentional theory of childhood change is presented which posits that ecological, political-economic, and ideological conditions are each necessary to the development of the full range of aspects that make-up modern childhood

Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Ideology · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Psychology

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