| Preface (1994) | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| 1 | From Mobs to Memorials: The Sacralization of Child Life | 22 |
| 2 | From Useful to Useless: Moral Conflict Over Child Labor | 56 |
| 3 | From Child Labor to Child Work: Redefining the Economic World of Children | 73 |
| 4 | From a Proper Burial to a Proper Education: The Case of Children's Insurance | 113 |
| 5 | From Wrongful Death to Wrongful Birth: The Changing Legal Evaluation of Children | 138 |
| 6 | From Baby Farms to Black-Market Babies: The Changing Market for Children | 169 |
| 7 | From Useful to Useless and Back to Useful? Emerging Patterns in the Valuation of Children | 208 |
| Notes | 229 |
| Index | 267 |
