Author : Viviana A. Zelizer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691034591
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Pricing the Priceless Child by : Viviana A. Zelizer
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.