{"product_id":"american-childhoods-paperback-softback-9780812218077","title":"American Childhoods (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812218077","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Childhoods\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph E. Illick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812218077\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 26 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An absorbing course text for undergraduates, an invitation to research for graduate students, and a welcome reference tool for scholars. In seven engaging chapters, Joseph E. Illick provides a brisk and much-needed overview of the rich literature on the history of childhood in America. . . . A major achievement.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A bold book. . . . An important contribution.\"-\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Synthesizing an enormous amount of secondary source material, this book is a stunning achievement. . . . This book would make an ideal classroom text and should be read by anyone interested in the history of childhood.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe experiences of children in America have long been a source of scholarly fascination and general interest. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e, Joseph Illick brings together his own extensive research and a synthesis of literature from a range of disciplines to present the first comprehensive cross-cultural history of childhood in America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with American Indians, European settlers, and African slaves and their differing perceptions of how children should be raised, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e moves to the nineteenth century and the rise of industrialization to introduce the offspring of the emerging urban middle and working classes. Illick reveals that while rural and working-class children continued to toil from an early age, as they had in the colonial period, childhood among the urban middle class became recognized as a distinct phase of life, with a continuing emphasis on gender differences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllick then discusses how the public school system was created in the nineteenth century to assimilate immigrants and discipline all children, and observes its major role in age-grouping children as well as drawing working-class youngsters from factories to classrooms. At the same time, such social problems as juvenile delinquency were confronted by private charities and, ultimately, by the state. Concluding his sweeping study, the author presents the progeny of suburban, inner-city, and rural Americans in the twentieth century, highlighting the growing disparity of opportunities available to children of decaying cities and the booming suburbs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsistently making connections between economics, psychology, commerce, sociology, and anthropology, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e is rich with insight into the elusive world of children. Grounded firmly in social and cultural history and written in lucid, accessible prose, the book demonstrates how children's experiences have varied dramatically through time and across space, and how the idea of childhood has meant vastly different things to different groups in American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I. EARLY AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. American Indian Childhood\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. European American Childhood\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. African American Childhood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Urban Middle-Class Childhood\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Urban Working-Class Childhood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III. MODERN AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Suburban Childhood\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Inner-City and Rural Childhoods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Sources\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555679170840,"sku":"9780812218077","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-childhoods-paperback-softback-9780812218077","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}