Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life by Philippe Ariès

Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life

Philippe Ariès

448 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective slow-paced

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The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Aries traces the evolution of the concept of childhood from the end of the Middle Ages, when the child w...

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