Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index.
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Chapter 1 CHILDREN WITHOUT CHILDHOOD: AN INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 FACTORIES AND MINES LEGISLATION -- chapter 3 SWEATSHOPS, COTTAGE LABOUR AND MOONLIGHTING UP TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- chapter 4 CHILDREN ON THE LAND AND CHILDREN AT SEA -- chapter 5 YOUNG SLAVES--CHILDREN IN DOMESTIC SERVICE -- chapter 6 BRICKYARD AND CANAL BOAT CHILDREN AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS -- chapter 7 THEATRICAL, CIRCUS AND FAIRGROUND CHILDREN -- chapter 8 JUVENILE STREET TRADERS -- chapter 9 WAIFS AND BEGGARS -- chapter 10 VAGRANCY -- chapter 11 THE BLIND-ALLEY JOB PROBLEM -- chapter 12 EMPLOYERS, EDUCATION AND THE PART-TIME SYSTEM -- chapter 13 SCHOOL CURRICULUM CODES AND THE 'STANDARDS' 1862-1918 -- chapter 14 TEACHING METHODS 1860-1918 -- chapter 15 HEALTH AND SCHOOLING -- chapter 16 SCHOOLING AND THE UPPER CLASSES -- chapter 17 PUPIL SOCIETY AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE -- chapter 18 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE -- chapter 19 THE FORMATIVE RESULTS OF EDUCATION -- chapter 20 EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY -- chapter 21 EXPLOITATION, DISCIPLINE AND DUTY IN THE WORKING-CLASS HOME -- chapter 22 UPBRINGING IN THE UPPER-CLASS HOME -- chapter 23 THE CHILD PROTECTION MOVEMENT.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Discusses the status of children in society from the mid-Victorian period to the end of the First World War, showing that children were regarded principally as objects to be used and abused rather than people in their own right.