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The Story of Youth

by Lothrop Stoddard

A historical survey of childhood across eras

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A historical survey of childhood across eras

Lothrop Stoddard’s book gathers glimpses of how children lived in a range of societies and periods, from ancient Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome to the Vikings, Crusaders, Elizabethans, and Georgians. Its sweep also includes children affected by the Industrial Revolution, pioneer life, and modernist experiments. The description presents the work as a varied, documented collection of historical snapshots, making childhood itself the thread that connects otherwise distant times and cultures.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in how childhood has changed across history
  • Those exploring ancient and modern societies through the experiences of children

Themes

Children’s lives across historyChildhood and societyHistorical change across cultures

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Book overview

Picturing how children have lived: industrious Babylonians; staring Egyptians; felicitous Greeks; straitlaced Romans; adventurous Vikings; hardy Teutons; wistful Crusaders; elegant Elizabethans; suppressed Roundheads; supercilious Cavaliers; stuffy Georgians; slaves of the Industrial Revolution; aggressive pioneers; and the involuntary subjects of yesterday's experiments in modernism. Stoddard spent a whole year gathering the odd and unusual glimpses of children of olden days t0 make this book rich, varied, and documented. "The Story of Youth" is not only first in its field, and alone, but it will be hard to supersede.

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