A Child in a Working Class Family in the Kingdom of Poland at the Turn of the 19th Century Cover Image

Dziecko w rodzinie robotniczej w Królestwie Polskim na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Warunki życia i normy wychowania
A Child in a Working Class Family in the Kingdom of Poland at the Turn of the 19th Century

Author(s): Aneta Bołdyrew
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Zakład Historii Edukacji w Instytucie Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: workingclass family on the turn of the 19th century; socialization; methods and aims of education

Summary/Abstract: From the point of view of studies in humanities and social science (pedagogy, history of education, sociology, ethnology) an important issue of discussion is the position and the role of a child in a workingclass family, the conditions of his socializing and the norms of education at the time of intensive social and economic changes. Financial situation, the structure of a family, emotional ties, cultural message of the environment influenced the methods and aims of bringing up children. The reconstruction of the phenomenon is possible due to the archive sources (for instance, the documents of social organizations which supported poor town families), newspapers, guide books, diaries, statistic data, acts of law (for instance, laws concerning children and young people), ethnologic materials, literature, photographs, and numerous methodological solutions used at that time.

  • Issue Year: VII/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 181-213
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: English, Polish