The Historical Child / Paidology; The Science of the Child
THE HISTORICAL CHILD
Paidology The Science of the Child
BY OSCAR CHRISMAN, A.M., Ph.D. Professor of Paidology and Psychology in the Ohio University
BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS
Copyright, 1920, by Richard G. Badger All Rights Reserved Made in the United States of America The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
TO MY WIFE
This book is the first of a series that it is my purpose to write upon child life. The others will follow from time to time upon the different phases of child being. This book and the others it is hoped may appear are the outcome of several years of study and of teaching the subject to young men and women, which has proved to me that people are eager to know about children in the past as well as in the present. He who wishes to acquaint himself with children and child nature must have a knowledge of child life as it existed among the various nations of the world. The child as found in Ancient Mexico and Ancient Peru is given place here because the life and doings of these peoples have always been attractive reading to me, and also it is well to consider child life in these nations who reached such a high stage of existence among the lower forms of human society and so far removed from the civilizations of Asia and Europe. It is hoped there is value in this work to the student of child nature and that young people may find it interesting and profitable.
It will be noted that there are topics of a general nature given in this work, which purports to be a study of child life. When it is considered that the affairs of a nation affect every class and age of the persons constituting it and espe cially react upon women, the mothers, then it may be understood how vital these matters become in a study of child life among a people and how necessary they are for a better comprehension of what is directly connected with children. Too the term child is used here in a general sense, to include all ages up to full manhood.
Oscar Chrisman
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
The People.
Women and Marriage.
Birth.
Casting the Nativity of the Infant.
Baptizing and Naming the Child.
Care and Treatment of Children.
Dress.
Food and Drink.
Lore.
Human Sacrifice.
Slavery.
Industries.
Couriers.
Amusements.
Education.
LITERATURE
The People.
Buildings.
Dress.
Food, Drink, Narcotics.
Marriage.
Care and Treatment of Children.
The Virgins of the Sun.
Human Sacrifice.
Industries.
Training of the Inca and the Order of the Huaracu.
Education.
LITERATURE
The Country.
The People.
Slavery.
The Home.
Women and Marriage.
Child and Parent.
Dress.
Food and Drink.
Food and Clothing of Children.
Industries.
Sickness and Death.
Child and Religion.
Amusements.
Games, Plays, and Toys.
Education.
LITERATURE
Caste.
Women and Marriage.
Boys and Girls.
Infanticide.
Dress.
Amusements.
Rites.
Adoption.
Inheritance.
Education.
LITERATURE
Women and Marriage.
Infancy.
Boys and Girls.
Child and Parent.
Deformation of the Feet.
Amusements.
Dress.
Religion.
Education.
LITERATURE
Women.
Marriage.
The Mother's Memorial.
Dress.
Regulations.
The Care of Children.
Naming Children.
Carrying Children.
Adoption and Inheritance.
Power and Duty of Father.
Amusements.
Lore.
Religion.
Suicide.
Work.
Education.
LITERATURE
Characteristics.
Women and Marriage.
Dress.
Child and Parent.
Inheritance.
Amusements.
Education.
LITERATURE
Historical.
Women and Marriage.
Care and Treatment of Children.
Duties of Children.
Dress.
Amusements.
Education.
LITERATURE
Physical Characteristics.
The People.
The Home.
Girls and Women.
Marriage.
Dress.
Food.
Child and Parent.
Care of Children.
Infanticide.
Duties of Children.
Adoption and Inheritance.
Toys and Playthings.
Games and Plays.
Sports and Festivals.
Other Amusements.
Sickness and Death.
Religion.
Education.
LITERATURE
Characteristics.
The People.
Slavery.
The Home.
Women.
Marriage.
Dress.
Food.
Child and Parent.
Names.
Care and Treatment of Children.
Citizenship.
Inheritance.
Adoption.
Sickness and Death.
Industries.
The Spectacles.
Other Amusements.
The Bath.
Games and Plays.
Religion.
Vestal Virgins.
Education.
LITERATURE.
Historical and Critical.
Feudalism.
The Feudal Castle and Its Life.
Chivalry.
The Peasantry.
The Town People.
The Aristocracy.
The Home.
Women.
Marriage.
Dress.
Food.
Children of the Ancient Britons.
Children among the Early Christians.
Child and Parent.
Care and Treatment of Children.
Apprenticeship.
Military Training for the Young.
Amusements.
Education.
The Children's Crusade.
Other Child-pilgrimages.
LITERATURE.
Customs Relating to Land.
The People.
Slavery.
Servants.
The Home.
Women.
Marriage.
Dress.
Infants' Clothing.
Boys' Clothing.
Girls' Clothing.
Food.
Drink.
Food and Drink of Children.
Infancy.
Number and Names of Children.
Child Welfare.
Manners and Courtesy of Children.
Diary of a Boston School Girl of 1771.
Inheritance.
Sickness and Death.
The Illness of Children.
Amusements.
Games and Sports of Children and Young People.
Children's Toys and Story Books.
Holidays and Festivals.
Public Punishments.
Manufactures.
Boys' Work and Manufactures.
Girls' and Women's Work.
Religion.
The Child and Religion.
Education.
LITERATURE
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