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In these lectures, Peter N. Stearns combines two flourishing historical fields-the history of childhood and world history-to address the question of how much of childhood is natural and how much is historically determined. The first lecture gauges the impact of impact of the development of agriculture, civilization, and religion upon the pre-modern experience of childhood. The second lecture turns to how modern perspectives on childhood contrasted with traditional ones, and how and why a modern perspective developed and spread. These lectures clearly outline the basic changes in childhood that are surprisingly recent and surprisingly sweeping.
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Peter N. Stearns
Author · 22 books
Peter N. Stearns is a professor at George Mason University, where he was provost, from January 1, 2000 to July 2014. Stearns was Chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition, he founded and edited the Journal of Social History. While at Carnegie Mellon he developed a pioneering approach to teaching World History.
