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Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination : From Patriots to Victims /

In this daring new study, anthropologist David M. Rosen investigates how our perceptions of the child soldier have changed radically over the past two centuries. Examining everything from Andrew Jackson's time as an adolescent prisoner of war to the shared etymology of the words "infantry&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rosen, David M., 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this daring new study, anthropologist David M. Rosen investigates how our perceptions of the child soldier have changed radically over the past two centuries. Examining everything from Andrew Jackson's time as an adolescent prisoner of war to the shared etymology of the words "infantry" and "infant," Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination offers a cure for our widespread historical amnesia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813563725