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the changing social value of children

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An edition of Pricing the priceless child (1981)

Pricing the priceless child

the changing social value of children

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  • 3 Want to read

This study traces the emergence of changing attitudes about the child, at once economically "useless" and emotionally "priceless", from the late 1800s to the 1930s. It describes how turn-of-the-century America discovered new, sentimental ways to determine a child's monetary worth.

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
277

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Economic aspects of Children Child labor Child rearing Public opinion Social values History Economic aspects Children Costs Histoire Sociale waarden Aspect économique Opinion publique Travail Wert Sozialgeschichte 1870-1930 Éducation des enfants Child Kind Geschichte (1870-1940) Children -- United States -- Public opinion -- Kinderen Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Economics Sozialgeschichte 1870-1940 Geschichte (1870-1930) Valeurs sociales Child rearing -- United States -- Costs Child labor -- United States Public opinion -- United States -- History Coût Öffentliche Meinung Kinderarbeit Soziale Situation Economische aspecten Enfants Children, united states Public opinion, united states United States Social conditions Public opinion - general & miscellaneous United states studies - general & miscellaneous Child rearing & development United states history - general & miscellaneous Labor studies - general & miscellaneous Public opinion - united states Social scienc Children--economic aspects--history Children--economic aspects--united states--history Child rearing--costs Child rearing--united states--costs Child labor--united states Children--public opinion--history Children--united states--public opinion--history Public opinion--history Public opinion--united states--history Hq792.u5 z45 1994 305.23/0973

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Pricing the priceless child: the changing social value of children
1994, Princeton University Press
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Pricing the priceless child: the changing social value of children
1985, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Pricing the priceless child
Pricing the priceless child: the changing social value of children
1981, Basic Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [229]-266.
Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.2/0973
Library of Congress
HQ792.U5 Z45 1985

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Pagination
x, 277 p. ;
Number of pages
277

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2868044M
ISBN 10
046506325X
LCCN
84045302
LibraryThing
8354704

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Work ID
OL2673092W

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