Description: A Historical Sociology of Childhood Developmental Thinking, Categorization and Graphic Visualization Shows how developments in scientific observation and public policy have transformed our view of childhood. André Turmel (Author) 9780521879774, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 31 July 2008 376 pages 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.7 cm, 0.72 kg 'André Turmel's A Historical Sociology of Childhood is a magisterial work, international in scope, and theoretically sophisticated. Recommend it to your students, read it to refresh yourself on the strengths of postmodernism.' www.h-net.org What constitutes a 'normal' child? Throughout the nineteenth century public health and paediatrics played a leading role in the image and conception of children. By the twentieth century psychology had moved to the forefront, transforming our thinking and understanding. André Turmel investigates these transformations both from the perspective of the scientific observation of children (public hygiene, paediatrics, psychology and education) and from a public policy standpoint (child welfare, health policy, education and compulsory schooling). Using detailed historical accounts from Britain, the USA and France, Turmel studies how historical sequential development and statistical reasoning have led to a concept of what constitutes a 'normal' child and resulted in a form of standardization by which we monitor children. He shows how western society has become a child-centred culture and asks whether we continue to base parenting and teaching on a view of children that is no longer appropriate. Introduction 1. Children in the collective 2. Graphs, charts and tabulations: the textual inscription of children 3. Social technologies: regulation and resistance 4. The normal child: translation and circulation 5. Developmental thinking as a cognitive form Conclusion. Subject Areas: Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Sociology: family & relationships [JHBK], Social theory [JHBA], History of ideas [JFCX]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Child & developmental psychology [JMC]
BIC Subject Area 2: Sociology: family & relationships [JHBK]
BIC Subject Area 3: Social theory [JHBA]
BIC Subject Area 4: History of ideas [JFCX]
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
Publication Name: A Historical Sociology of Childhood: Developmental Thinking, Categorization and Graphic Visualization
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Sociology
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 720 g
Subject Area: Children & Family
Author: Andre Turmel
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
