Centuries of Childhood - by Philippe Aries (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Aries traces the evolution of the concept of childhood from the end of the Middle Ages, when the child was regarded as a small adult, to the present child-centered society, by means of diaries, paintings, games, and school curricula. <p/> Ironically, he finds that individualism, far from triumphing in our time, has been held in check by the family, and that the increasing power of the tightly-knit family circle has flourished at the expense of the rich-textured communal society of earlier times. Translated from the French by Robert Baldick.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Philippe Ariès</b> was an important French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood. He is also the author of <i>Centuries of Childhood</i>, which was translated into English in 1962. He died in Paris in 1984.
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