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Traces the the story of victimized childhood to its origins in nineteenth-century Britain. Almost as soon as “childhood” became a distinct category, Laura C. Berry contends, stories of children in danger were circulated as part of larger debates about child welfare and the role of the family in society.

The Child the State and the Victorian Novel

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: 5/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813929293, 978-0813929293
      ISBN10: 0813929296
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Social and cultural history

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      Book Synopsis
      Traces the the story of victimized childhood to its origins in nineteenth-century Britain. Almost as soon as “childhood” became a distinct category, Laura C. Berry contends, stories of children in danger were circulated as part of larger debates about child welfare and the role of the family in society.

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