This book traces the birth and evolution of the crèche in France, England, Germany, Russia and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, in an attempt to understand from a transnational viewpoint the history of an institution for very young children that was very different from what we know today.
“Dorena Caroli’s Day Nurseries and Childcare in Europe 1800–1939, a revised and deftly translated version of her 2014 monograph Per una storia dell’asilo nido in Europa, offers an ambitious contribution to the burgeoning field of transnational studies in the history of early childhood education (ECE) and care. In it, Caroli describes the origin, spread and evolution of day nurseries – welfare institutions for the care of babies – in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia.” (Kristen D. Nawrotzki, History of Education, March, 11 , 2019)
“Day Nurseries & Childcare in Europe offers the readers great insights into the international history of these infant institutions, and an overview which makes this book relevant for student training for work in infant or preschool institutions. … this book provides an excellentbasis for further research into comparative and transnational history of day nurseries.” (Johannes Westberg, IJHE International Journal for the Historiography of Education, Vol. 8 (1), 2018)
Dorena Caroli is an associate professor at the University of Macerata, Italy.