Nicholas Tucker
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October 31st, 1899
Published September 30 1999
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Edited by Giovanni Levi and Jean-Claude SchmittVolume 2: Stormy Evolution to Modern TimesEdited by Giovanni Levi and Jean-Claude Schmitt
Published February 1 1998
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Did past ages look upon babies and their needs with less than starry eyes? Nicholas Tucker sifts the evidence from the cradle in history. Published August 31 1993
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Nicholas Tucker reviews these two new books
Published May 31 1992
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Nicholas Tucker peeps into royal Victorian childhood on the Isle of Wight.
Published August 31 1990
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Edited by Gillian Avery and Julia Briggs
Published March 31 1990
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Three new titles discussing health and medicine from the Victorian era
Published July 31 1988
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Nicholas Tucker remarks on a newly translated volume on prviate life from Ancient Roman times.
Published August 31 1987
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The history of infant feeding Published January 1 1987
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The Origins of Individualism, Political Oppression and the State
Published August 31 1986
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Published December 1 1985
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The case against swaddling developed by Rousseau, Locke and various others of that time concentrated entirely on its bad effects on the infants' physique. Published August 31 1985
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In 1972 Albert Paul, a retired Brighton carpenter, produced a charming account of his childhood years for a local history society entitled Poverty, hardship but happiness; those were the days, 1903-17.
Published March 1 1985
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Listening to the words of lullabies mothers have sung to their babies over the centuries can give the historian an insight into the constancy - and expression - of maternal feelings. Published August 31 1984
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