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Learning to forget : schooling and family life in New Haven's working class, 1870-1940 /

This book offers an insightful view of the complex relations between home and school in the working-class immigrant Italian community of New Haven, Connecticut. Through the lenses of history, sociology, and education, Learning to Forget presents a highly readable account of cross-generational experi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lassonde, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Immigrants and Immigrant Neighborhoods: Economic and Residential Change in New Haven, 1830-1930
  • 2 Learning and Earning: Schooling, Juvenile Employment, and the Early Life Course in Late-Nineteenth-Century New Haven
  • 3 The Painful Contrast: Italian Immigrant Children at Home and at School
  • 4 Hands to Mouths: The Changing Economy of Giving and Taking in Italian Immigrant F amilies
  • 5 From Courtship to Dating: The Marriage Market, Schooling, and the Family Economy
  • 6 The Landscape of Ambition: Geography, Ethnicity, and Class in Childrenâ€?s School Experiences7 “Too Good for Thatâ€?: Effort and Opportunity in the “Newâ€? High School
  • Conclusion: Elm Cityâ€?s Youth
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index