The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: The Longue Durée — Early Childhood Institutions and Ideas in Flux....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The Spread of Infant School Models in Europe during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century....Pages 31-50
Religious Cleavages, the School Struggle and the Development of Early Childhood Education in Belgium, France and the Netherlands....Pages 51-70
Development and Diffusion of Early Childhood Education in Italy: Reflections on the Role of the Church from a Historical Perspective (1830–2010)....Pages 71-91
The Role of the State and the Church in the Development of Early Childhood Education in Spain (1874–1975)....Pages 92-111
From Poverty Relief to Universal Provision: The Changing Grounds for Childcare Policy Reforms in Norway....Pages 112-131
Common Traditions, Split Paths: Early Childhood Education and Care in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)....Pages 132-149
Saving Money or Saving Children? Nursery Schools in England and the United States....Pages 150-172
Towards Early Childhood Education as a Social Right: A Historical and Comparative Perspective....Pages 173-194
Professional Profiles in Early Childhood Education and Care: Continuity and Change in Europe....Pages 195-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Modernizing Early Childhood Education: The Role of German Women’s Movements after 1848 and 1968....Pages 217-234
Women’s Activism on Childcare in Italy and Denmark: The 1960s and 1970s....Pages 235-253
Early Education and the Unloved Market of Commercial Childcare in Luxembourg....Pages 254-274
Preschool, Childcare and Welfare Reform in the United States....Pages 275-288
The History of Kindergarten as New Education: Examples from the United States and Canada, 1890–1920....Pages 289-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-312