ISBN:
9780814727843
,
0814727840
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 269 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Children of a new world
DDC:
305.2309730904
Keywords:
Children History
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20th century
;
United States
;
Children Social conditions
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Education History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Immigrant children Education
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Socialization History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Children in popular culture History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Children Social conditions
;
20th century
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
History
;
Children Social conditions 20th century
;
Education History 20th century
;
Immigrant children Education 20th century
;
History
;
Socialization History 20th century
;
Children in popular culture History 20th century
;
Children Social conditions 20th century
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Children History 20th century
;
Socialization History 20th century
;
Children in popular culture History 20th century
;
Children Social conditions 20th century
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Children History 20th century
;
Immigrant children Education 20th century
;
History
;
Children Social conditions 20th century
;
Education History 20th century
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Children's Studies
;
Children
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Children ; Social conditions
;
Education
;
Globalization ; Social aspects
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Immigrant children ; Education
;
Children in popular culture
;
Socialization
;
History
;
United States
Abstract:
Introduction: Children in society, culture, and the world -- Immigration and education in the United States -- The IQ : a cultural and historical framework -- Creating new identities : youth and ethnicity in New York City high schools in the 1930s and 1940s -- Making and remaking an event : the Leopold and Loeb case in American culture -- A sign of family disorder? : changing representations of parental kidnapping -- Bringing it home : children, technology, and family in the post-World War II world -- Children and globalization -- Children in global migrations -- Children of a new world.
Abstract:
Paula S. Fass, a pathbreaker in children's history and the history of education, turns her attention in Children of a New World to the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. Globalization, privatization, the rise of the "work-centered" family, and the triumph of the unregulated marketplace, she argues, are revolutionizing the lives of children today. Fass begins by considering the role of the school as a fundamental component of social formation, particularly in a nation of immigrants like the United States. She goes on to examine childre
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Children in society, culture, and the worldImmigration and education in the United States -- The IQ : a cultural and historical framework -- Creating new identities : youth and ethnicity in New York City high schools in the 1930s and 1940s -- Making and remaking an event : the Leopold and Loeb case in American culture -- A sign of family disorder? : changing representations of parental kidnapping -- Bringing it home : children, technology, and family in the post-World War II world -- Children and globalization -- Children in global migrations -- Children of a new world.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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