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The Resource The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child, Paula S. Fass

The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child, Paula S. Fass

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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 success have informed Americans' attitudes toward children. But as parents today hover over every detail of their children's lives, are the qualities that once made American childhood special still desired or possible? Placing the experiences of children and parents against the backdrop of social, political, and cultural shifts, Fass challenges Americans to reconnect with the beliefs that set the American understanding of childhood apart from the rest of the world. Fass examines how freer relationships between American children and parents transformed the national culture, altered generational relationships among immigrants, helped create a new science of child development, and promoted a revolution in modern schooling. She looks at the childhoods of icons including Margaret Mead and Ulysses S. Grant--who as an eleven-year-old, was in charge of his father's fields and explored his rural Ohio countryside. Fass also features less well-known children like ten-year-old Rose Cohen, who worked in the drudgery of nineteenth-century factories. Bringing readers into the present, Fass argues that current American conditions and policies have made adolescence socially irrelevant and altered children's road to maturity, while parental oversight threatens children's competence and initiative. Showing how American parenting has been firmly linked to historical changes, The End of American Childhood considers what implications this might hold for the nation's future"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 334 pages
Contents
  • 4.
  • A wider world: Adolescence, immigration, and schooling, 1920-1960
  • 5.
  • All our children: Race, rebellion, and social change, 1950-1990
  • 6.
  • What's the matter with kids today?
  • Epilogue
  • Introduction:
  • Young in America
  • 1.
  • Childhood and parenting in the new republic: Sowing the seeds of independence, 1800-1860
  • 2.
  • Children adrift: Responding to crisis, 1850-1890
  • 3.
  • What mother needs to know: The new science of childhood, 1890-1940
Isbn
9780691162577
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The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child
Title
The end of American childhood
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a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child
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Paula S. Fass
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"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 success have informed Americans' attitudes toward children. But as parents today hover over every detail of their children's lives, are the qualities that once made American childhood special still desired or possible? Placing the experiences of children and parents against the backdrop of social, political, and cultural shifts, Fass challenges Americans to reconnect with the beliefs that set the American understanding of childhood apart from the rest of the world. Fass examines how freer relationships between American children and parents transformed the national culture, altered generational relationships among immigrants, helped create a new science of child development, and promoted a revolution in modern schooling. She looks at the childhoods of icons including Margaret Mead and Ulysses S. Grant--who as an eleven-year-old, was in charge of his father's fields and explored his rural Ohio countryside. Fass also features less well-known children like ten-year-old Rose Cohen, who worked in the drudgery of nineteenth-century factories. Bringing readers into the present, Fass argues that current American conditions and policies have made adolescence socially irrelevant and altered children's road to maturity, while parental oversight threatens children's competence and initiative. Showing how American parenting has been firmly linked to historical changes, The End of American Childhood considers what implications this might hold for the nation's future"--
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Fass, Paula S
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non fiction
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  • Families
  • Parenting
  • Children
  • Parenting
  • Family Characteristics
  • Child Rearing
  • Family
  • Familles
  • Rôle parental
  • Enfants
  • 80.34 history of education
  • HISTORY
  • HISTORY
  • EDUCATION
  • EDUCATION
  • FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Children
  • Families
  • Parenting
  • United States
  • 80.34 history of education
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The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child, Paula S. Fass
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 4.
  • A wider world: Adolescence, immigration, and schooling, 1920-1960
  • 5.
  • All our children: Race, rebellion, and social change, 1950-1990
  • 6.
  • What's the matter with kids today?
  • Epilogue
  • Introduction:
  • Young in America
  • 1.
  • Childhood and parenting in the new republic: Sowing the seeds of independence, 1800-1860
  • 2.
  • Children adrift: Responding to crisis, 1850-1890
  • 3.
  • What mother needs to know: The new science of childhood, 1890-1940
Control code
921240006
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 334 pages
Isbn
9780691162577
Lccn
2015031606
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
40026013193
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)921240006
Label
The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child, Paula S. Fass
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 4.
  • A wider world: Adolescence, immigration, and schooling, 1920-1960
  • 5.
  • All our children: Race, rebellion, and social change, 1950-1990
  • 6.
  • What's the matter with kids today?
  • Epilogue
  • Introduction:
  • Young in America
  • 1.
  • Childhood and parenting in the new republic: Sowing the seeds of independence, 1800-1860
  • 2.
  • Children adrift: Responding to crisis, 1850-1890
  • 3.
  • What mother needs to know: The new science of childhood, 1890-1940
Control code
921240006
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 334 pages
Isbn
9780691162577
Lccn
2015031606
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
40026013193
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)921240006

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