{"product_id":"centuries-of-childhood-a-social-history-of-family-life-9780394702865","title":"Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilippe Ari?s\u003c\/b\u003e was an important French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eCenturies of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, which was translated into English in 1962. He died in Paris in 1984.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260244001042,"sku":"9780394702865","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b84f1564-8f51-4ffd-9d88-ff37ee16be2c.jpg?v=1746640335","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/centuries-of-childhood-a-social-history-of-family-life-9780394702865","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}