{"product_id":"pricing-the-priceless-child-9780691034591","title":"Pricing the Priceless Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving established laws removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a child's monetary worth. This book traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless' and emotionally 'priceless,' from the late 1800s to the 1930s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[The] argument about the future of childhood will go on, and it must now include the facts, point of view, and even taxonomy brought forward in Pricing the Priceless Child.\"--Neil Postman, The Washington Post \"[Zelizer's book] is an imaginative work on an important topic, which will surely find an appreciative audience among historians.\"--Nancy Tomes, Reviews in American History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface (1994)AcknowledgmentsIntroduction31From Mobs to Memorials: The Sacralization of Child Life222From Useful to Useless: Moral Conflict Over Child Labor563From Child Labor to Child Work: Redefining the Economic World of Children734From a Proper Burial to a Proper Education: The Case of Children's Insurance1135From Wrongful Death to Wrongful Birth: The Changing Legal Evaluation of Children1386From Baby Farms to Black-Market Babies: The Changing Market for Children1697From Useful to Useless and Back to Useful? Emerging Patterns in the Valuation of Children208Notes229Index267","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403694743895,"sku":"9780691034591","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691034591.jpg?v=1730484271","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pricing-the-priceless-child-9780691034591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}