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Because childhood is not only culturally but also legally and biologically understood as a period of dependency, it has been easy to dismiss children as histori

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This book considers the place of education in childhood, and provides a cross-country and cross-cultural perspective on the importance of education in childhood

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges th