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Huck's Raft - A History of American Childhood (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Huck's Raft - A History of American Childhood (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been
both adventurous and terrifying. For more than three centuries,
adults have agonized over raising children while children have
followed their own paths to development and expression. Now, Steven
Mintz gives us the first comprehensive history of American
childhood encompassing both the child's and the adult's tumultuous
early years of life. Underscoring diversity through time and across
regions, Mintz traces the transformation of children from the
sinful creatures perceived by Puritans to the productive workers of
nineteenth-century farms and factories, from the cosseted cherubs
of the Victorian era to the confident consumers of our own. He
explores their role in revolutionary upheaval, westward expansion,
industrial growth, wartime mobilization, and the modern welfare
state. Revealing the harsh realities of children's lives through
history-the rigors of physical labor, the fear of chronic ailments,
the heartbreak of premature death-he also acknowledges the freedom
children once possessed to discover their world as well as
themselves. Whether at work or play, at home or school, the
transition from childhood to adulthood has required generations of
Americans to tackle tremendously difficult challenges. Today,
adults impose ever-increasing demands on the young for
self-discipline, cognitive development, and academic achievement,
even as the influence of the mass media and consumer culture has
grown. With a nod to the past, Mintz revisits an alternative to the
goal-driven realities of contemporary childhood. An odyssey of
psychological self-discovery and growth, this book suggests a
vision of childhood that embraces risk and freedom-like the daring
adventure on Huck's raft.
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