The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America

1. Introduction: The Longue Durée: Early Childhood Institutions and Ideas in Flux; Harry Willekens, Kirsten Scheiwe and Kristen Nawrotzki

2. The Spread of Infant School Models in Europe during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century; Jean-Noël Luc

3. Religious Cleavages, the School Struggle and the Development of Early Childhood Education in Belgium, France and the Netherlands; Harry Willekens

4. Development and Diffusion of Early Childhood Education in Italy: Reflections on the Role of the Church from a Historical Perspective (1830-2010); Eva Maria Hohnerlein

5. The Roles of the State and the Church in the Development of Early Childhood Education in Spain (1874-1975); (5) Carmen Sanchidrián

6. From Poverty Relief to Universl Provision: The Changing Grounds for Child Care Policy Reforms in Norway; Arnlaug Leira

7. Split Paths: Early Childhood Education and Care in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990); Franz-Michael Konrad

8. Saving Money of Saving Children? Nursery Schools in England the USA; Kristen Nawrotzki

9. Towards Early Childhood Education as a Social Right: A Historical and Comparative Perspective; Kirsten Scheiwe

10. Professional Profiles in Early Childhood Education and Care: Continuity and Change in Europe; Pamela Oberhuemer

11. Modernising Early Childhood Education: The Role of German's Women's Movements After 1848 and 1968; Meike S. Baader

12. Women's Activism on Child Care in Italy and Denmark: The 1960s and 1970s; Chiara Bertone

13. Early Education and the Unloved Market of Commercial Child Care in Luxembourg; Michael-Sebastian Honig, Anett Schmitz and Martine Wiltzius

14. Preschool, Child Care and Welfare Reform in the United States; Sonya Michel

15. The History of Kindergarten as New Education: Examples from the United States and Canada, 1890 to 1920; Larry Prochner