Children At the Birth of Empire - British Law, Liberty, Global Migration of Destitute Children, C.

This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire, uniting separate historiographies on poverty, childhood, global expansion, forced migration, bound labor, and law.

List of contents

Introduction: Children at the Birth of Empire Part 1: Understanding Early Modern Childhood 1. "To Stock the Next Generation with Noble Plants": Cultural Concepts of Childhood 2. "The Law is their Guardian": English Legal Concepts of Childhood Part 2: Destitute Children Abroad 3. Destitute Children and "Nursing Fathers": Caring for London's Youngest Vagrants 4. A Global Answer to the Poore Orphan's Cry: Children and the Growth of Empire Part 3: The Legalities of Child Migration 5. Spirited, Convicted, or Compelled: The Forced Migration of Children, 1607-1700 6. Charity, Consent, and "Kidnapping": Stolen Children and the Rise of Children's Self-Determination, 1680-1760. Conclusion: Britain's Children, Britain's Liberty

About the author

Kristen McCabe Lashua is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History and Political Science Department at Vanguard University of Southern California. Her research interests include the history of childhood, the British Empire, and legal history.

Summary

This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire, uniting separate historiographies on poverty, childhood, global expansion, forced migration, bound labor, and law.

Product details

• Authors: Kristen McCabe Lashua, Kristen Mccabe (Vanguard University Lashua
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2023
• EAN: 9780367507077
• ISBN: 978-0-367-50707-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; European History, British Empire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Poverty & unemployment, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Age groups: children, Poverty and precarity