This study explores the changing meaning and significance of children and childhood in Western history. It examines the style of children's clothes and relates the style to child-rearing practices, and the role children are expected to play in society. It also answers the question today's social critics have been asking: Is childhood in American society disappearing? Society's Child will be of interest to all those interested in children, society, family, culture, art, communication, and fashion.
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This study explores the changing meaning and significance of children and childhood in Western history. It examines the style of children's clothes and relates the style to child-rearing practices, and the role children are expected to play in society. It also answers the question today's social critics have been asking: Is childhood in American society disappearing? Society's Child will be of interest to all those interested in children, society, family, culture, art, communication, and fashion.
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