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The Child in Human Progress

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The Child in Human Progress

George Henry Payne and Abraham Jacobi

369 pages~7 hr 22 min read43 chapters$4.99
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Infanticide was once ordinary, and its slow retreat is the story George Henry Payne tells. His history traces the child's rising value through ancient law, custom and reform toward modern protection. Grim in places, hopeful in arc, and thoroughly documented for its time. How civilization learned to count its children.

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43 chapters

  1. 1The Child in Human Progress
  2. 2FOREWORD
  3. 3PREFACE
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6CHAPTER I
  7. 7CHAPTER II
  8. 8CHAPTER III
  9. 9CHAPTER IV
  10. 10CHAPTER V
  11. 11CHAPTER VI
  12. 12CHAPTER VII
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII
  14. 14CHAPTER IX
  15. 15CHAPTER X
  16. 16CHAPTER XI
  17. 17CHAPTER XII
  18. 18CHAPTER XIII

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