Global Monographs in the History of Childhood, 2010–2025: A Structured Bibliographic Dataset (Snapshot 2026 Edition)

This dataset contains a structured bibliography of scholarly monographs in the history of childhood published between 2010 and 2025. It assembles works across multiple regions, languages, and thematic subfields, including but not limited to gender, empire, medicine, education, religion, law, disability, family, and material culture. The dataset is intended as a research infrastructure resource to facilitate bibliographic mapping, review planning, and field-level analysis. Records were compiled through systematic monitoring of academic publishers’ catalogues, scholarly society newsletters, review lists, and field-specific communication networks. The focus is on research monographs and selected edited volumes that make a substantive contribution to the historical study of childhood. Journal articles, reprints, textbooks, and non-academic trade publications are excluded. Each record includes core bibliographic metadata (author(s), title, publisher, place of publication where available, year, and language) together with thematic and regional tags assigned by the compiler. Tagging reflects an analytical classification scheme developed during the compilation process and is intended to support thematic grouping and comparative analysis. This release constitutes a frozen snapshot (Version 1.0.0, February 2026). The compiler maintains a continuously updated working database; subsequent snapshot versions may be released periodically. Users are encouraged to cite the specific version used in their work. The dataset is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0). Proper citation of this dataset is required when reused or redistributed.