Children of the city : at work and at play / / David Nasaw

• Autore: Nasaw David
• Pubblicazione: Garden City, N.Y., : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985; [Washington, D.C.] : , : National Archives and Records Administration, , [1970]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.2/3/0973
• Soggetto topico: Children of immigrants - United States - Case studies; City children - United States - Case studies; Children of immigrants - United States - Social conditions; City children - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions 1865-1918; United States Social conditions 1865-1918 Case studies
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on May 24, 2006).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography (p. [211]-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The city they called home -- At play in the city -- Child labor and laborers -- The littlest hustlers -- The newsies -- Junkers, scavengers, and petty thieves -- The "little mothers" -- All that money could buy -- The battle for spending money -- The children and the child-savers -- Working together -- Unions and strikes -- End of an era.
• Sommario/riassunto: It was the turn of the 20th century--a time of explosive growth for American cities, a time of nascent hopes and apparently limitless possibilities. Author David Nasaw has recreated this period in our social history from the vantage point of the children who grew up there. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories, and unpublished--and until now unexamined--primary source materials from cities across the country, he provides us with a warm and eloquent portrait of these children, their families, their daily lives, their fears, and their dreams.--From publisher description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Children of the city
• ISBN: 0-307-81662-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910698280903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II