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Pricing the priceless child

Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer, Viviana A. Zelizer · 1981

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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.

Book details

Year
1981
Language
English
Publisher
Basic Books
Editions
1
Pages
288
ISBN
9780465063260

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