Day nurseries & childcare in Europe, 1800-1939 /
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| Author / Creator: | Caroli, Dorena, author. |
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| Uniform title: | Per una storia dell'asilo nido in Europa tra Otto e Novecento. English |
| Imprint: | London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] ©2017 |
| Description: | xxvii, 342 pages ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10953563 |
| Summary: | This book traces the birth and evolution of the crèche in France, England, Germany, Russia and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, in an attempt to understand from a transnational viewpoint the history of an institution for very young children that was very different from what we know today. These institutions had the two-fold goal of combatting the two phenomena that had for centuries characterised the history of infancy - infant mortality and the abandonment of babies. Drawing on a wealth of printed sources and in the light of the most recent and authoritative historical investigations, Dorena Caroli discusses the origins of the first crèche, established in Paris in 1844 by Firmin Marbeau, going on to compare and contrast the reception of the French model of care and assistance for babies and infants in a number of different European countries - England, Germany, Russia and Italy. This book fills a significantlacuna in the studies of infant history and the educational institutions designed for infants, providing a clear and broad picture not only of the practices followed but also of the evolution of "puericulture" and medical theories about very young children held in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It represents not only a valuable contribution to the history of these institutions but also a useful manual for students in the field of infant care. <br> |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 342 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1137592265 9781137592262 9781137592279 |
