Growing up : childhood in English Canada from the Great War to the age of television
by Neil Sutherland
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"Based on adult memories of childhood, this book investigates a wide selection of experiences of growing up. Sutherland lays out the structure of children's lives in such settings as the home, the classroom, the church, the street, and the playground - in short, in the communities of childhood. He explains how children arrived at their gender, class, and other identities, and how they came to adopt the values they did. Sutherland focuses on recurrent, common features of the everyday life of show more children." "This book offers a unique, child-centred approach developed by a leading expert on the history of Canadian childhood. Written in straightforward, jargon-free language and illustrated with numerous photographs, it will be of special interest to those in the fields of social and educational history. Also, because Sutherland is successful in describing the perceptions and feelings of children, it will intrigue anyone who grew up in this period or who wants to understand the experiences of friends and family who did."--Jacket show lessTags
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Neil Sutherland is Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia's Department of Educational Studies
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- Canada
- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Sociology
- DDC/MDS
- 305.23 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Age groups Young people up to 20
- LCC
- HQ792 .C3 .S87 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Children. Child development
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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