Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 112 Chamberlain, Alexander Francis 1865 1914 Chamberlain, A. F. (Alexander Francis) Chamberlain, Alexander F. (Alexander Francis) The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Moynihan, Lee Dawei, V-M Österman, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought" by Alexander Francis Chamberlain is a scholarly investigation written in the late 19th century. This work explores the roles and perceptions of children in various primitive cultures, alongside their implications for modern society, weaving together anthropology, sociology, psychology, and child development concepts. The emphasis is placed on understanding how childhood experiences shape human civilization and cultural practices through time. The opening of the volume sets the stage for a discourse on the significance of childhood by citing various poets and thinkers who highlight the intrinsic value of children to human existence. Chamberlain presents the idea that comprehensive studies of childhood can reveal essential truths about societal structures and cultural evolution. He aims to investigate child-related activities in primitive societies and their survival in current cultural practices, addressing how children have been thought of throughout history. The author expresses a deep appreciation for the wisdom children embody, asserting their central position in the evolutionary narrative of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children -- Folklore Child rearing Folklore and children GR Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 1122339 1122192 2024-10-04T05:10:26.738551 2023-10-04T05:35:08.772498 text/html text/html 1122332 1122185 2024-10-04T05:10:27.206489 2023-10-04T05:35:09.136512 text/html text/html 511215 2024-10-04T05:10:45.834919 application/epub+zip 525943 2024-10-04T05:10:32.002541 application/epub+zip 515691 2024-10-04T05:10:29.914504 application/epub+zip 934200 2024-10-04T05:10:55.511846 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 832328 2024-10-04T05:10:43.726939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706464 2022-09-04T08:13:41.924092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1001773 1001677 2024-10-04T05:10:25.852507 2023-10-04T05:35:08.070512 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 996246 2020-12-31T00:41:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 407299 2020-12-31T00:41:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19549 2024-10-04T05:10:55.657856 application/rdf+xml 16160 2024-10-04T05:10:30.465486 image/jpeg 3941 2024-10-04T05:10:30.189482 image/jpeg 503207 2024-10-04T05:10:27.295632 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia