{"product_id":"centuries-of-childhood-a-social-history-of-family-life-9780394702865","title":"Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Philippe Aries\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45501345104023,"sku":"9780394702865","price":1829.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780394702865.webp?v=1767451880","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/centuries-of-childhood-a-social-history-of-family-life-9780394702865","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}