Children and Youth in a New Nation.
In the early years of the Republic, as Americans tried to determine what it meant to be an American, they also wondered what it meant to be an American child. A defensive, even fearful, approach to childhood gave way to a more optimistic campaign to integrate young Americans into the Republican expe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Children and youth in America.
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| Summary: | In the early years of the Republic, as Americans tried to determine what it meant to be an American, they also wondered what it meant to be an American child. A defensive, even fearful, approach to childhood gave way to a more optimistic campaign to integrate young Americans into the Republican experiment. In Children and Youth in a New Nation, historians unearth the experiences of and attitudes about children and youth during the decades following the American Revolution. Beginning with the revolution itself, the contributors explore a broad range of topics, from the ways in which American c. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814759851 0814759858 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |