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What's Happened to Childhood?

Professor Hugh Cunningham · Gresham College

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About

Our understanding of childhood is shaped by two narratives. The first describes how children underwent horrific experiences in the factories and mines of the Industrial Revolution, but were then rescued for an increasingly ‘healthy and happy’ childhood. The second, dominant since the 1970s, tells how childhood is getting worse, becoming ‘toxic’, the deaths of James Bulger, Victoria Climbié and Baby P evidence for it. How far do these narratives about childhood reflect the reality of the lives of children past and present?

The talk

  1. What's Happened to Childhood? 2014-02-06 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Hugh Cunningham
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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