{"product_id":"children-and-youth-in-a-james-marten-9780814757420","title":"Children and Youth in a New Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early years of the Republic, as Americans tried to determine what it meant to be an American, they also wondered what it meant to be an American child. A defensive, even fearful, approach to childhood gave way to a more optimistic campaign to integrate young Americans into the Republican experiment.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eChildren and Youth in a New Nation\u003c\/b\u003e, historians unearth the experiences of and attitudes about children and youth during the decades following the American Revolution. Beginning with the revolution itself, the contributors explore a broad range of topics, from the ways in which American children and youth participated in and learned from the revolt and its aftermaths, to developing notions of \"ideal\" childhoods as they were imagined by new religious denominations and competing ethnic groups, to the struggle by educators over how the society that came out of the Revolution could best be served by its educational systems. The volume concludes by foreshadowing future \"child-saving\" efforts by reformers committed to constructing adequate systems of public health and child welfare institutions.\u003cbr\u003eRooted in the historical literature and primary sources, \u003cb\u003eChildren and Youth in a New Nation\u003c\/b\u003e is a key resource in our understanding of origins of modern ideas about children and youth and the conflation of national purpose and ideas related to child development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Marten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814757421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814757420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010","brand":"James Marten","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425080885503,"sku":"9780814757420","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38846242-30de-4495-8a48-f9ba59940943.jpg?v=1761536877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-and-youth-in-a-james-marten-9780814757420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}