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This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'.

The Wild Girl Natural Man and the Monster

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    A Paperback / softback by Julia V. Douthwaite

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 June 2002
      ISBN-13 9780226160566
      978-0226160566
      ISBN-10 0226160564
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'.

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