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The Childhood of the Poor

Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London
By:A. Levene
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230354807
eText ISBN:9781137009517
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times.