Table of Contents:
- Part One: Overview, 1 Perspectives of childhood, Part Two: Literature, 2 The child in nineteenth- century literature, 3 Childhood and twentieth-century childrenʹs literature, Part Three: Education, 4 Children at play, 5 Language and thought, 6 Moral and spiritual growth, Part Four: Cultural studies, 7 Race, class and gender, 8 Children in film, Part Five: Research, 9 Uncovering the history of childhood, 10 Researching childhood.