05572nam 22010214a 450 99624812380331620230828234941.00-674-73647-8(CKB)2660000000000196(MH)009439449-0(SSID)ssj0000333299(PQKBManifestationID)11929149(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333299(PQKBWorkID)10355106(PQKB)10419712(EXLCZ)99266000000000019620040301d2004 uy 0engtxtccrHuck's raft a history of American childhood /Steven Mintz[electronic resource]Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20041 online resource (xi, 445 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-436) and index.Children of the covenant -- Red, white, and black in colonial America -- Sons and daughters of liberty -- Inventing the middle-class child -- Growing up in bondage -- Childhood battles of the Civil War -- Laboring children -- Save the child -- Children under the magnifying glass -- New to the promised land -- Revolt of modern youth -- Coming of age in the Great Depression -- Mobilizing children for World War II -- In pursuit of the perfect childhood -- Youthquake -- Parental panics and the reshaping of childhood -- The unfinished century of the child.Publisher description: Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. For more than three centuries, adults have agonized over raising children while children have followed their own paths to development and expression. Now, Steven Mintz gives us the first comprehensive history of American childhood encompassing both the child's and the adult's tumultuous early years of life. Underscoring diversity through time and across regions, Mintz traces the transformation of children from the sinful creatures perceived by Puritans to the productive workers of nineteenth-century farms and factories, from the cosseted cherubs of the Victorian era to the confident consumers of our own. He explores their role in revolutionary upheaval, westward expansion, industrial growth, wartime mobilization, and the modern welfare state. Revealing the harsh realities of children's lives through history--the rigors of physical labor, the fear of chronic ailments, the heartbreak of premature death--he also acknowledges the freedom children once possessed to discover their world as well as themselves. Whether at work or play, at home or school, the transition from childhood to adulthood has required generations of Americans to tackle tremendously difficult challenges. Today, adults impose ever-increasing demands on the young for self-discipline, cognitive development, and academic achievement, even as the influence of the mass media and consumer culture has grown. With a nod to the past, Mintz revisits an alternative to the goal-driven realities of contemporary childhood. An odyssey of psychological self-discovery and growth, this book suggests a vision of childhood that embraces risk and freedom--like the daring adventure on Huck's raft.Huckâs RaftHuck’s RaftChildrenUnited StatesHistoryChild rearingUnited StatesHistoryChildrenUnited StatesSocial conditionsChildSocioeconomic FactorsSocial ConditionsSocial IdentificationChild RearingHistory, Modern 1601-Age GroupsHistorySociologyPopulation CharacteristicsBehavior and Behavior MechanismsSocial BehaviorHumanitiesPsychologyHealth CareBehaviorPersonsSocial SciencesChild & Youth DevelopmentHILCCSocial Welfare & Social WorkHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCUnited StatesSocial life and customsChildrenHistory.Child rearingHistory.ChildrenSocial conditions.ChildSocioeconomic FactorsSocial ConditionsSocial IdentificationChild RearingHistory, Modern 1601-Age GroupsHistorySociologyPopulation CharacteristicsBehavior and Behavior MechanismsSocial BehaviorHumanitiesPsychologyHealth CareBehaviorPersonsSocial SciencesChild & Youth DevelopmentSocial Welfare & Social WorkSocial Sciences305.23/0973Mintz Steven1953-152670DLCDLCBOOK996248123803316Huck's raft2364450UNISAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress