Children in English–Canadian Society – Framing the Twentieth–Century Consensus

Children in EnglishCanadian Society\nby Neil Sutherland\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Neil Sutherland\nTitle: Children in EnglishCanadian Society\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Sociology\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 1976\nISBN-13: 9780802063458\nISBN-10: 0802063454\nRRP: \u00A333.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn the late nineteenth century a new generation of reformers, believing that it was possible to free Canadian society from many of the problems of humanity, committed itself to a program of social improvements based on the more effective upbringing of all children. This commitment involved changing people\u2019s definition of children: they are no longer seen as beings inherently sinful who could be shaped into adults by discip.