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This book provides very
detailed information on every different article of clothing a child might
wear from 1500-1800. It is specific to each different era and to both
genders. The book also provides wonderful photography and pictures of
chidren.
The text follows what the life of an Eighteenth-Century woman might
entail from birth to death. It defines what women's roles were within the
home, in love, and in society.
This book gives historical information on the schooling of girls. It
discusses theories on education, and how girls should recieve schooling.
It provides examples of different types of school that existed, what
conditions they were in, as well as
what kinds of opportunities the girls had at the time.
This article explains how prior to the 19th Century labor laws changed,
This resulted in the way that families were able to clothe and feed
themselves, by sometimes having the help of their employer.
This text discusses the education of women through journal entries and
stories and specific women and their experiences. The theories of Locke
and Rousseau are also looked at.
Latham provides specific
stories and examples of children's lifestyles in England. The text has a
number of photo graphs, some journal entries, and was also specific to
upper and lower classes. Some highlighted chapters are children at school
and play.
This text gives a tour
through different
aspects of leisure activities during the Eighteenth-Century in England.
Primarily focusing on the middle-class adults, it highlights how
commercialism brought innovations and new ideas to leaisure.
Sangster discusses the
history of education and it's relation to religion. The text looks at how
religion plays a role in the education of children.