Cultural and Historical Constructions of Childhood
 
I.    Cross Cultural Variations in Conceptions of Childhood

II.    Historical Conceptions of Western  Childhood
        A.    Authors' Typologies of Childhood in Western Culture
                1.  Phillippe Aries:  Centuries of Childhood (1962)
                2.  Anthony Synnott: "Little Angles, Little Devils:  A Sociology of Children"
        B.  Medieval Europe
        C.  Renaissance & Protestant Reformation
        D.  18th Century
        E.  Arriving to North America, Western Expansion, Slavery
        F.  Industrialization
        G.  20th Century     



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