Hidden in Plain Sight : The Tragedy of Children's Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate /

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From the Publisher: Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kinderrechtskonvention.
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Convention on the Rights of the Child > (1989 November 20)
Kind
Menschenrecht
Children's rights.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc.
African American children > Civil rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Enfants noirs americains > Droits > Histoire.
Enfants > Droits > États-Unis > Histoire.
African American children > Civil rights > History.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Children's rights > United States > History.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword / Ruth O'Brien
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Ain't I a person?
  • 1: How to think about childhood
  • 2: How to think about children's rights
  • Part 1: Privacy Principle: Stories Of Bondage And Belonging
  • 3: Boys in slavery and servitude: Frederick Douglass
  • 4: Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender: Dred Scott's daughters
  • 5: Growing up in state custody: "Tony" and "John G"
  • Part 2: Agency Principle: Stories Of Voice And Participation
  • 6: Printer's apprentice: Ben Franklin and youth speech
  • 7: Youth in the civil rights movement: John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb
  • Part 3: Equality Principle: Stories Of Equal Opportunity
  • 8: Old maids and little women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather
  • 9: Breaking the prison of disability: Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven"
  • Part 4: Dignity Principle: Stories Of Resistance And Resilience
  • 10: Hide and survive: Anne Frank and "Liu"
  • 11: Children at work: newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn"
  • Part 5: Protection Principle: Stories Of Guilt And Innocence
  • 12: Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie"
  • 13: Age and the idea of innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate
  • Conclusion: Future of rights
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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