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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. 8vo. (6 x 1.1 x 9.5 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, bibliography, and index. 288 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. As recently as 100 years ago British children existed in ways now unthinkable; boys as young as eight worked grueling hours in unlit factories; girls were sold into sexual slavery with dolls still in their grasp; and boys at schools like Rugby and Harrow were brutally trained for their future at the helm of Britain's vast red empire. This book charts the transformation of childhood in the UK from early Victorian disagreements about childrearing to the Scouts' very direct involvement in World War I. Poignant first-hand accounts of poverty and deprivation as well as innocent pleasures carry the reader through a Dickensian landscape of urchins and Fauntleroys, the cosseted lives of Edwardian children to the self-sufficient charges of Baden-Powell. Fran Abrams draws distinctions along class lines and divisions such as town and country, Romantic and conservative, to achieve a historical perspective shows the progression of the idea of childhood through a century of massive social change brought about by urbanization, war, and medico-psychological advances. Songs of Innocence employs searing personal testimony and immaculate research to provide a fascinating exposition of the past and a mirror for the present. Seller Inventory # 200781
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. As recently as one hundred years ago British children existed in ways now unthinkable; boys as young as eight worked gruelling hours in unlit factories; girls were sold into sexual slavery with dolls still in their grasp; and boys at schools like Rugby and Harrow were brutally trained for their future at the helm of Britain's vast red empire. In Songs of Innocence Fran Abrams charts the transformation of childhood in the UK from early Victorian disagreements about child-rearing to the Scouts' very direct involvement in the First World War. Poignant first-hand accounts of poverty and deprivation as well as innocent pleasures carry the reader through a Dickensian landscape of urchins and Fauntleroys, the cosseted lives of Edwardian children to the self-sufficient charges of Baden-Powell. Fran Abrams draws distinctions along class lines and divisions such as town and country, Romantic and conservative, to achieve a historical perspective shows the progression of the idea of childhood through a century of massive social change brought about by urbanization, war and medico-psychological advances. Songs of Innocence employs searing personal testimony and immaculate research to provide a fascinating exposition of the past and a mirror for the present. From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781843548966
Book Description Condition: New. 2012. Main. Hardcover. From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young. Num Pages: 304 pages, black and white frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598. The Story of British Childhood. 304 pages, black and white frontispiece. From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight: 598. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781843548966
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young. Seller Inventory # B9781843548966
Book Description Condition: New. 2012. Main. Hardcover. From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young. Num Pages: 304 pages, black and white frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598. The Story of British Childhood. 304 pages, black and white frontispiece. From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight: 598. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781843548966
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.29x6.46x1.34 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1843548968