The End of American Childhood

A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child

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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

Author Biography:

Paula S. Fass is professor of the Graduate School and the Margaret Byrne Professor of History Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of Kidnapped and Children of a New World, she recently edited The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World. Fass lives in Berkeley, California.

Release date Australia

May 3rd, 2016

Author

Paula S Fass

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

23 b/w illus.

Pages

352

Dimensions

152x235x30

ISBN-13

9780691162577

Product ID

23831196

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