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Book SynopsisFocuses on the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. This work examines children as both creators of culture and objects of cultural concern in America, evident in the strange contemporary fear of and fascination with child abduction, child murder, and parental kidnapping.
Trade Review"With rigor and clarity, Fass is able to draw fascinating conclusions...Indeed, readers familiar with Fass's previous work will recognize her lucid, foreful, and engaging prose style..." -- William S. Bush * Journal of American Ethnic History *
"In this remarkable volume, Paula S. Fass, a pioneer and pace-setter in the burgeoning field of children's history, demonstrates that a knowledge of history is essential to understanding contemporary controversies over child protection, the commercialization of childhood, multiculturalism in public schools, and the impact of globalization." -- Steven Mintz,author of Hucks Raft: A History of American Childhood
"Thought-provoking" * Choice *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Children in Society, Culture, and the WorldPart I: Children in SocietyIntroduction to Part I 1 Immigration and Education in the United States 2 The IQ: A Cultural and Historical Framework 3 Creating New Identities: Youth and Ethnicity in New York City High Schools in the 1930s and 1940sPart II: Children in CultureIntroduction to Part II 4 Making and Remaking an Event: The Leopold and Loeb Case in American Culture5 A Sign of Family Disorder? Changing Representations of Parental Kidnapping6 Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Post-World War II WorldPart III: Children of a New Global WorldIntroduction to Part III 7 Children and Globalization 8 Children in Global Migrations 9 Children of a New World Index About the Author
