From children's point of view: childhood in nineteenth-century Iceland.

From: Journal of Social History | Date: December 22, 1995| Author: Magnusson, Sigurour Gylfi | Copyright information

The main focus of this paper is on the peasant culture in Iceland and the individual experience from birth to adulthood as it is seen in autobiographies. It is argued that children dealt with the harsh reality of peasant society in a constructive way despite a constant insistence on full participation in the work force. They used either education or work to carve their own niche in society, which in most instances made it possible for them to succeed in adulthood. But pre-modern childhood in ...

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