A Historical Sociology Childhood Developmental Thinking Categoriz… 9780521879774

A Historical Sociology of ChildhoodDevelopmental Thinking, Categorization and Graphic Visualization\nAuthor(s): Andr Turmel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521879774, 978-0521879774\nSynopsis\nWhat constitutes a 'normal' child? Throughout the nineteenth century public health and paediatrics played a leading role in the image and conception of children. By the twentieth century psychology had moved to the forefront, transforming our thinking and understanding. Andr Turmel investigates these transformations both from the perspective of the scientific observation of children (public hygiene, paediatrics, psychology and education) and from a public policy standpoint (child welfare, health policy, education and compulsory schooling). Using detailed historical accounts from Britain, the USA and France, Turmel studies how historical sequential development and statistical reasoning have led to a conce.