Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children

Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children
ISBN-10
0691034591
ISBN-13
9780691034591
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
298
Language
English
Published
1994-08-28
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Viviana A. Zelizer

Description

This study traces the emergence of changing attitudes about the child, at once economically "useless" and emotionally "priceless", from the late 1800s to the 1930s. It describes how turn-of-the-century America discovered new, sentimental ways to determine a child's monetary worth.

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