Further reading
Weblinks
If you'd like to find out more about childhood and museums relating to children, we've gathered together a selection for you to explore. Take a look at our list of related weblinks.
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Taking it further
If you've been inspired by the stories of childhood and would like to delve deeper into the subject, the Open University has a selection of courses for you to look into. Find out more in our section taking it further.
Find out more about different aspects of childhood, with our selection of books, covering:
General
Childhood studies
Costume
General
A Child’s World: A Social History of English Childhood 1800-1914, Walvin, James. 1982, Pelican
A History of Childhood: children and childhood in the West from medieval to modern times, Heywood, Colin. 2001, Cambridge, Polity Press, ISBN: 0745617328
A Labour of Love: The Experience of Parenthood in Britain 1900-1950 Humphries, Steve, and Gordon, Pamela. BBC Books, 1993, ISBN: 0283061952
A World of Babies. Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies. DeLoache, Judy and Gottleib, Alma. 2000, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0521664756
Centuries of Childhood, Ariès, Phillipe. 1962, translated by Robert Baldock, Harmondsworth, 1973, Penguin
Children and Childhood in Western Society since 1500, Cunningham, Hugh. 2005, 2nd edition, Harlow, Pearson, ISBN:0582784530
Children, childhood and English society 1880-1990, Hendrick, Harry. 1997, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0521576245
Children in English Society, 2 vols Pinchbeck, Ivy and Hewitt, Margaret. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1969-73, ASIN: Vol 1 - B000H3V360, Vol 2 - BOOOH3XO5M
Forgotten Children: Parent-Child Relations from 1500 to 1900, Pollock, Linda. Cambridge University Press, 1983, ISBN: 0521271339Medieval Children, Orme. 2001, Nicholas Yale University Press, ISBN: 0300097549
Perfect Parents: baby-care advice past and present, Hardyment, Christina, Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN: 0192861727
The History Child, Brockliss, L. and Rousseau, G. 2003, Oxford Magazine, 0th Week, Michaelmas Term, pp. 4–7. The article The History Child is also available online.
After the Death of Childhood: Growing Up in the Age of Electronic Media, Buckingham, David. Polity Press, 2000, ISBN: 0745619339
An introduction to childhood studies, Kehily, Mary Jane. (ed), 2004, Maidenhead, Open University Press, ISBN: 03352126760
Children's Games in Street and Playground, Opie, Peter and Opie, Iona. 1969, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
The Disappearance of Childhood, Postman, Neil. 1982, New York, Delacorte Press.
Pictures of Innocence: The History and Crisis of Ideal Childhood, Higonnet, Anne, Thames and Hudson, 1998, ISBN: 0500280487
Understanding Childhood - An Interdisciplinary Approach, Woodhead, M and Montgomery, H. 2003, Chichester, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0470846925
Children’s Costume in England 1300-1900, Cunnington, Phillis and Buck, Anne. 1965, London, A. & C. Black, ASIN: B00071SFNE
Children’s Clothes, Rose, Clare. 1989, London, Batsford, ISBN: 0896761118
Clothes and the Child: a handbook of children’s dress in England 1500-1900, Buck, Anne. 1996, Carlton, Bedford, Ruth Bean, ISBN: 0841913714
History of Children’s Costume, Ewing, Elizabeth. 1977, London, Batsford, ISBN: 0684153572
History of Children’s Costume, Sichel, M. 1983, London, Batsford, ISBN: 1555467512
The Art of Dress: Clothes and society 1500-1914, Ashelford, Jane. 1996, London, The National Trust. (Chapter 7 ‘Swaddling to Sailor’s Suits’ is specifically about children’s clothes), ISBN: 0810963175
Content last updated: 17/08/2006
