Childhood between the private and the public, family and society: The history of early childhood education is also the history of tensions between different institutions and professions struggling in order to protect and support the child. The contributions in this anthology discuss central themes and conflicts in the historical development of early childhood education from different historical perspectives.

Prof. Dr. Rita Braches-Chyrek, OttoFriedrichUniversität Bamberg Prof. Dr. Diana Franke-Meyer, Evangelische Hochschule Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe Prof. Dr. Dagmar Kasüschke, Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd