The end of American childhood - Paula S. Fass
a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child
KORTE INHOUD
"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...
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2016Uitgever: Princeton University Press334 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691162573ISBN-13: 9780691162577Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2016, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar [Auteur: Fass, Paula S.] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: The End of American Childhood / A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child]
