| From 1927 to 1937, because of the rapid development of modernization sport, Shanghai city situated a rapid social transformation period. People's lifestyle was also undergoing changes from traditional to modern, children's daily life has been different from traditional and rural life, Shanghai city shaped the growth of children in daily life into modern personnel, children's growth and success has added to the modernization of urban vitality.This dissertation mainly depends on archives in Shanghai Municipal Archives, kinds of statistics, yearbooks written by Nationalist Government of Nanjing, Shanghai Municipal Government or other associations and newspapers as historical data, also with contemporaries'writings, children's books and pictures, carry on an investigation into Shanghai children's daily lives in 1920s and 1930s by means of positive analysis, through the reproduction of material and spiritual environment built by Shanghai city, convey the interaction between people's and Shanghai city's modernization during the period of social transformation.Introduction defines the basic research areas, discussing the academic value and practical significance of Shanghai children's daily life in the 1920s and 1930s, then reviews the status of domestic and international research into the history of children, commending the achievements in the academic field of history of children, points out that these provide a reference to the study in this paper of the children's history. At the same time introduces the research methodology, frameworks, methods, data sources and shortcomings in the article.The main text can be divided into three parts, four chapters in total. Chapter 1 is the first part. Summarizes the profile of Shanghai children in the social transformation period. Depicts the demand on people with modern ability and the provision of opportunities for child development from 2 aspects, one is Child population in Shanghai, the other is Shanghai children's living environment. Studies the children population in Shanghai's share of total population, children's social stratification and the changes in children's lives background. Proposes the opinion for city to rear children in accordance with their needs. Shanghai looks on children as urban future successor and the main forces of modernization, the aim of children training meets the needs of Shanghai urban development.Chapter 2-4 are the second part, describe and analyze children's daily life from material life, spiritual life and group life respectively.Chapter 2 describes the material life of children. Material life is the basic indicators reflecting people's living conditions and living standards.In this period, Shanghai children's life has some modern characteristics, concerning many contents, this article mainly research on clothing, food, shelter and transportation, medical care, children's consumption to have a further study. During the writing, considering hierarchical classification of children, pays more attention to the contrasts of children in different social classes, particularly stands out the material living conditions of children in working-class, gives expression to the material living profile of Shanghai children in 1927-1937 by contents and dimensions, this also can show Shanghai's social changes from the children's material living provided by the city.Chapter 3 selects children's education and entertainment to analyze, through measuring educational environment offered by society to children, the implementation of educational content, the emergence of new forms of entertainment, the establishment of Children's Day to construct the general picture of children's spiritual life. Find that children's education goes by conforming to the trend of social transformation, servicing Shanghai City, promoting the comprehensive development of children. Children's entertainment highlights the children's books, children's toys, children's films, Children's Day and Children's Year. Both rapid progress in primary school education and the full range of community education, both children's entertainment advancing with times and Children's Day and Children's Year setting up specially, can express the call of modern human resources and education of children in Shanghai city.Chapter 4 analyzes children's group life and modern personality foundation. Group life is an important part of daily life. This article makes two ways to proceed which conclude children's family life and community life, take Children Theatre for example,analyzes the modern elements in the group life, it takes children as the center, reflects children's initiative and subjectivity.Children in activities of daily life are the process of socialization of children. Modern features of material life, spiritual life, and social life make Shanghai children be the modern people with modern personality characteristics. Chapter 4 also analyzes modern personality dialysis of children and child development and social change in the interaction from the children's life skills, social role of the shape, bound by norms and values to develop 4 aspects.The third part is a conclusion, Points out that the modernization of people closely related to modern society. Children development is a part of social development,At the same time children's development is counterproductive on the social development, they will be on the social development of adult responsibility. Training children complying with both the Conception of the development of society and the requirements of the times, but also counterproductive to the development of society and changing times. Family, community, government all have an irreplaceable role in 1927-1937 Shanghai children's growth and development, their forces together bring successors in modern construction. Shanghai daily lives of children in 1927-1937 is the modern and traditional society, the result of cross-penetration, New trends in the traditional way of life appear and beyond, Shanghai Social Transformation and the children's daily life have a full range of modern, immersion, and interactive features.
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