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Growing Up in France
From the Ancien Régime to the Third Republic

  • Date Published: November 2009
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521123112

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  • How did French people write about their own childhood and youth between the 1760s and the 1930s? Colin Heywood argues that this was a critical period in the history of young people, as successive generations moved from the relatively stable and hierarchical society of the Ancien Régime to a more fluid one produced by the industrial and democratic revolutions of the period. The main sources he uses are first-hand accounts of growing up: letters, diaries, childhood reminiscences and autobiographies. The book's first section considers cultural constructions of childhood and adolescence, and representations of growing up. The second considers the process of growing up among family and friends, the third the experience of moving out into the wider world, via education, work, political activity and marriage. This unique account will appeal to historians of childhood and adolescence, as well as social and cultural historians.

    • A groundbreaking contribution to the history of childhood, a growing field of study
    • Uses first-hand sources like letters, diaries, childhood reminiscences and autobiographies
    • Will appeal to scholars working in modern European history, the history of childhood and youth, as well as scholars of childhood and youth across sociology, social studies and education studies
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    Review of the hardback: '… sensitive and insightful book …' The Times Literary Supplement

    Review of the hardback: '… this account of the process of growing up during a period of considerable change has much to offer.' Local Population Studies

    Review of the hardback: 'Colin Heywood's new study is a major contribution to a reorientation of the historiography of childhood. … By concentrating on how children felt about their experiences, Heywood has clearly made an enduring contribution not just to the historiography of childhood but also to a field that I would like to see receive more attention: the history of emotions.' H-Net

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    • Date Published: November 2009
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521123112
    • length: 328 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
    • weight: 0.48kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Part I. Representations of Childhood and Adolescence in France:
    1. 'Ego documents' and the French historian in the twenty-first century
    2. Into the limelight: new conceptions of childhood and adolescence
    3. Growing up in theory and in practice
    4. Turning points in a life: the autobiographical model
    Part II. Growing Up Among Family and Friends:
    5. The demographic context: family forms in modern France
    6. Of mothers and motherhood
    7. Of fathers, fatherhood, kin and discipline
    8. 'Small memories' from childhood
    9. The society of children and youth
    Part III. Moving Towards Adulthood:
    10. School, apprenticeship and work
    11. A 'long' childhood in the secondary schools
    12. Into 'adult' territory: sex, politics and religion
    Conclusion
    Bibliography.

  • Author

    Colin Heywood, University of Nottingham

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