The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child /

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"The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present day. Renowned historian Paula Fass shows how, since the beginning of the American republic, independence, self-definition, and individual succe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fass, Paula S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Families > United States > History.
Parenting > United States > History.
Children > United States > History.
Familles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Rôle parental > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
EDUCATION > General.
Children.
Families.
Parenting.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Young in America
  • Childhood and parenting in the new republic: Sowing the seeds of independence, 1800-1860
  • Children adrift: Responding to crisis, 1850-1890
  • What mother needs to know: The new science of childhood, 1890-1940
  • A wider world: Adolescence, immigration, and schooling, 1920-1960
  • All our children: Race, rebellion, and social change, 1950-1990
  • What's the matter with kids today?
  • Epilogue.

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