The Children of the Poor: Representations of Childhood Since the Seventeenth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0631171622
- ISBN-13
- 9780631171621
- Series
- The Children of the Poor
- Category
- History / Social History
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Blackwell
- Author
- Hugh Cunningham
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