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Childhood in America
Fass
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Description for Childhood in America
Paperback. An anthology which explores how American children have been defined and continuously redefined throughout history. It ranges from 17th-century ministers to Drs Benjamin Spock and Barry Brazelton, and from the poems of Anne Bradstreet to the writings of young people today. Editor(s): Fass, Paula S.; Mason, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 725 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Free Teacher's Guide available for Childhood in America!
An essential collection of sources on American childhood for teachers
Childhood in America is a unique compendium of sources on American childhood that has many options for classroom adoptions and can be tailored to individual course needs. Because the subject of childhood is both relatively new on campuses and now widely recognized as vital to a range of specialties, the editors have prepared a Teacher's Guide to assist you in making selections appropriate for your courses.
Collecting a vast array of selections from past and present- from colonial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
Number of Pages
725
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814726938
SKU
V9780814726938
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99-50
About Fass
Paula S. Fass is the Margaret Byrne Professor History at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America, Outside In: Minorities and the Transformation of American Education, and The Damned and the Beautiful: American Youth in the 1920s. She is the editor of The Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and ... Read more
Reviews for Childhood in America
"At a time when children increasingly enter our thinking about everything from sexuality and rights of privacy to social welfare and commercialization, we need perspective on childhood in all its guises. This anthology, so wide-ranging and full of surprises, gives us that insight and understanding."
Gary Cross,author of Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood "Childhood ... Read more
Gary Cross,author of Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood "Childhood ... Read more