Pt. I. The invention of innocence -- Pictures' imagination. Ch. 1. The romantic child. Ch. 2. Every mother's child. Ch. 3. A golden age -- Photography's truth. Ch. 4. Innocence inherited. Ch. 5. Snapshot families -- Pt. II. An ideal in crises. Ch. 6. Through the looking glass. Ch. 7. Private pictures, public dangers. Ch. 8. Photographs against the law. Ch. 9. Knowing childhood
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index