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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.-Choice

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"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." * Journal of American History *
"A bold book. . . . An important contribution." * American Historical Review *
"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." * Choice *

Table of Contents

Preface
PART I. EARLY AMERICA
Chapter 1. American Indian Childhood
Chapter 2. European American Childhood
Chapter 3. African American Childhood
PART II. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
Chapter 4. Urban Middle-Class Childhood
Chapter 5. Urban Working-Class Childhood
PART III. MODERN AMERICA
Chapter 6. Suburban Childhood
Chapter 7. Inner-City and Rural Childhoods
Epilogue
A Note on Sources
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

American Childhoods

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 17 June 2002
      ISBN-13 9780812218077
      978-0812218077
      ISBN-10 0812218078
      Also in:
      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.-Choice

      Trade Review
      "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." * Journal of American History *
      "A bold book. . . . An important contribution." * American Historical Review *
      "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." * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      PART I. EARLY AMERICA
      Chapter 1. American Indian Childhood
      Chapter 2. European American Childhood
      Chapter 3. African American Childhood
      PART II. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
      Chapter 4. Urban Middle-Class Childhood
      Chapter 5. Urban Working-Class Childhood
      PART III. MODERN AMERICA
      Chapter 6. Suburban Childhood
      Chapter 7. Inner-City and Rural Childhoods
      Epilogue
      A Note on Sources
      Notes
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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