LEADER 05572nam 22010214a 450 001 996248123803316 005 20230828234941.0 010 $a0-674-73647-8 035 $a(CKB)2660000000000196 035 $a(MH)009439449-0 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000333299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929149 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10355106 035 $a(PQKB)10419712 035 $a(EXLCZ)992660000000000196 100 $a20040301d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHuck's raft $ea history of American childhood /$fSteven Mintz$b[electronic resource] 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 445 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-436) and index. 327 $aChildren 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. 330 $aPublisher 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. 517 $aHuckâs Raft 531 $aHuck?s Raft 606 $aChildren$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aChild rearing$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aChildren$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aChild 606 $aSocioeconomic Factors 606 $aSocial Conditions 606 $aSocial Identification 606 $aChild Rearing 606 $aHistory, Modern 1601- 606 $aAge Groups 606 $aHistory 606 $aSociology 606 $aPopulation Characteristics 606 $aBehavior and Behavior Mechanisms 606 $aSocial Behavior 606 $aHumanities 606 $aPsychology 606 $aHealth Care 606 $aBehavior 606 $aPersons 606 $aSocial Sciences 606 $aChild & Youth Development$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Welfare & Social Work$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aChildren$xHistory. 615 0$aChild rearing$xHistory. 615 0$aChildren$xSocial conditions. 615 2$aChild 615 2$aSocioeconomic Factors 615 2$aSocial Conditions 615 2$aSocial Identification 615 2$aChild Rearing 615 2$aHistory, Modern 1601- 615 2$aAge Groups 615 2$aHistory 615 2$aSociology 615 2$aPopulation Characteristics 615 2$aBehavior and Behavior Mechanisms 615 2$aSocial Behavior 615 2$aHumanities 615 2$aPsychology 615 2$aHealth Care 615 2$aBehavior 615 2$aPersons 615 2$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aChild & Youth Development 615 7$aSocial Welfare & Social Work 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a305.23/0973 700 $aMintz$b Steven$f1953-$0152670 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248123803316 996 $aHuck's raft$92364450 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis 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