Corsaro. Chapter 3: Historical Views of Childhood and Children (pp. 45-67)
Reader. Aries, Phillippe. 1962. "Children's Dress," pp. 50-61 in Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life. New York: Vintage Books.
Reader. Pollock, Linda A. 1983. "Summary and Conclusions," pp. 262-271 in Forgotten Children: Parent-child relations from 1500 to 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Sep 8 Quiz 2 / Aries Thesis and Pollock's Critique
Sep 10 Postman's Argument & Evidence
Sep 12 Professor Linda Pollock on Children & History

Reading Questions:

• In what ways is Aries' methodology problematic? How are his conclusions problematic?

• Why might examining children's clothes (and how they've changed over time) be important to the study of childhood sociology?

• Pollock uses first hand evidence such as children's diaries to support her historical interpretation of childhood. How does her methodology differ from Aries? Is Pollock's method more valid?

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