ISBN:
9780820340586
,
0820340588
,
9780820333830
,
0820333832
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
XI, 211 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
Edition:
Paperback ed.
DDC:
303.6083097309032
Keywords:
Children
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United States
;
Social conditions
;
Violence
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United States
;
History
;
Victims
;
United States
;
History
;
Suffering
;
Political aspects
;
United States
;
History
;
Political culture
;
United States
;
History
;
Ethnicity
;
United States
;
History
;
Racism
;
United States
;
History
;
Sex role
;
United States
;
History
;
United States
;
History
;
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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United States
;
Social conditions
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To 1865
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: suffering childhood in early America -- Children in the hands of Satan : captivity, witch trials, and the dangerous child -- This infant state : the child nation and infanticide in the early republic -- Pregnancy and the new birth : reproduction, performance, and infantilizing republican mothers -- The revolutionary child : slavery, affective contracts, and the future perfect -- Epilogue: the materials and metaphors of schoolwork
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