Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children
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Book Description
In this landmark book, sociologist Viviana Zelizer traces the emergence
of the modern child, at once economically "useless" and emotionally
"priceless," from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Having established laws
removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century
America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a
child's monetary worth. The he... More
Book Information
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Binding | Paperback (3 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 296 |
ISBN-10 | 0691034591 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0691034591 |
Publication Date | 08/08/1994 |
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