The invention of childhood /
Hugh Cunningham ; [foreword by Michael Morpurgo.].
- 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
"Published to accompany the radio series The invention of childhood, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006"--T.p. verso. Includes the play The voices of children by Michael Morpurgo.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-263) and index.
Foreword / by Michael Morpurgo -- Introduction -- The Middle Ages -- The Reformation and its aftermath -- The eighteenth century -- The Victorians -- The children of the nation, 1900-1950 -- Post-war childhood.