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<p><p>more Than Nine Generations Of Children Grew Up In America Between The Founding Of The First English Colonies And The End Of The Civil War. This Book, The First Of Three Volumes That Will Provide The Most Complete Documentary History Of Public Provision For American Children, Traces The Changing Attitudes Of The Nation Toward Youth During The First Two And One Half Centuries Of Its History.<p>the Editors Have Divided Volume I Into Three Units Of Time&#151;1600-1735, 1735-1820, 1820-1865 Each Of Which Represents A Stage In The Development Of Public Policies Toward Children. The Question Raised In The First Section Is&#58; What Is The Function Of Government Or The Public Authority When The Child Is A Subject, Not A Citizen, Of A Private Family Government? The Second Part Deals With The Question&#58; How Does The Public Sector Respond When Children, Although Still Officially Subject To Familial Authority, Practice The Doctrines Of Self-help, Independence, And Self-interest? The Third Part Asks&#58; How Did The State And The Adult Public Regard Children In A Society Marked By Political And Social Change, Population Mobility, And Rapid Economic Growth? What Was Expected Of Children

Author

Editor, Robert H. Bremner; associate editors, John Barnard, Tamara K. Hareven [and] Robert M. Mennel

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674116139

Subjects

Social Science, History, Social_sciences