Child Guidance in Britain, 1918-1955: The Dangerous Age of Childhood - Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine: Volume 12

Informationen zum Autor John Stewart Klappentext Stewart presents a history of child guidance in Britain from its origins in the years after the First World War until the consolidation of the welfare state. This is the first study of child guidance in this period and makes a significant contribution to the historiography. Zusammenfassung Stewart presents a history of child guidance in Britain from its origins in the years after the First World War until the consolidation of the welfare state. This is the first study of child guidance in this period and makes a significant contribution to the historiography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: 'An Enigma to Their Parents'; Chapter 1a Child Guidance Comes to Britain; Chapter 2 Professionals; Chapter 3 The Spread of Child Guidance in the 1930s; Chapter 4 Normalcy, Happiness and Child Guidance in Practice; Chapter 5 Child Guidance in Wartime; Chapter 6 Child Guidance and the British Welfare State; Chapter 7 Child Guidance in Britain at Mid-Century: 'More Akin to Magic than to Medicine'; Chapter 9 Conclusion: ‘The Dangerous Age of Childhood’;

Product details

• Authors: John Stewart
• Publisher: Pickering and Chatto (publishers) Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.07.2013
• EAN: 9781848934290
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-429-0
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine; Studies for the Society for th; Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; History, HISTORY / General, MEDICAL / History, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology