Pricing the Priceless Child
Author | : Viviana A. Zelizer |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1994-08-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 0691034591 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780691034591 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pricing the Priceless Child written by Viviana A. Zelizer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.