Reinventing Childhood After World War II

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2012

Reinventing Childhood After World War II

Edited by: Paula S. Fass and Michael Grossberg

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205169

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About this book

This volume brings together prominent historians of modern childhood in an effort to define how children's lives and our conceptions of childhood have changed since World War II. Essays explore how childhood has transformed in response to major elements of change, including schooling, parenting, law, culture, and the global economy.

Author / Editor information

Paula S. Fass is Professor of the Graduate School and Margaret Byrne Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Berkeley. Michael Grossberg is Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and Professor of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Reviews

"The essays in this volume not only survey a broad range of topics central to historical study, such as policy, family life, education, culture, and law, but also offer fresh and provocative interpretive content. The combination of overview and analysis is noteworthy; no existing work matches the depth and significance of these essays. The scholarship in Reinventing Childhood After World War II is more than sound; it is path-breaking."—Howard Chudacoff, Brown University

"These well-researched essays, which frequently reference one another, providing a tight, synchronized analysis, would provide useful background reading in any course addressing childhood themes or artifacts. One comes away from this thin volume realizing that American children are growing up faster (in terms of marketers' and parents' expectations) and slower (in terms of monitoring and control) than ever before."—Journal of American Culture

"A satisfying volume, at once accessible and thought provoking."—Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. The Child-Centered Family? New Rules in Postwar America Paula S. Fass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Liberation and Caretaking: Fighting over Children’s Rights in Postwar America Michael Grossberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. The Changing Face of Children’s Culture Steven Mintz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
4. Ten Is the New Fourteen: Age Compression and “Real” Childhood Stephen Lassonde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
5. Whose Child? Parenting and Custody in the Postwar Period Mary Ann Mason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
6. Children, the State, and the American Dream Kriste Lindenmeyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
7. Children and the Swedish Welfare State: From Different to Similar Bengt Sandin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: November 29, 2011
ISBN: 9780812205169