What is the History of Childhood?

Heidi Morrison is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisonsin-La Crosse. She is the author of Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt (Palgrave 2015), the editor of The Global History of Childhood Reader (Routledge 2012), and co-general editor of A Cultural History of Youth six-volume set (Bloomsbury, 2023).Her research has been sponsored by public and private funding agencies such as The Fulbright Scholarships (Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, CIES), The Palestinian-American Research Center (PARC), The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (U.S, Department of Education), and the Center for Arabic Studies Aboard (CASA, US, Department of Education).

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Writing Histories of ChildhoodChapter 2: The Birth and Growth of the History of ChildhoodChapter 3: Themes: The Family and Daily LifeChapter 4: Themes: Health, Gender, and WellbeingChapter 5: The Significance of the History of ChildhoodChapter 6: Future DirectionsNotesFurther Reading

"This is the book that scholars of childhood have been waiting for. As a vital primer to students, tutors and those entering the field at any career stage, let Heidi Morrison be your critical guide to rich and flourishing terrain."Simon Sleight, King's College London