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Boy and Girl Tramps of America (Hardcover)
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Boy and Girl Tramps of America (Hardcover)
Series: Cultures of Childhood
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In 1933 and 1934, Thomas Minehan, a young sociologist at the
University of Minnesota, joined the ranks of a roving army of
250,000 boys and girls torn from their homes during the Great
Depression. Disguised in old clothes, he hopped freight trains
crisscrossing six midwestern states. While undercover, Minehan
associated on terms of social equality with several thousand
transients, collecting five hundred life histories of the young
migrants. The result was a vivid and intimate portrayal of a
harrowing existence, one in which young people suffered some of the
deadliest blows of the economic disaster. Boy and Girl Tramps of
America reveals the poignant experiences of American youth who were
sent out on the road by grinding poverty, shattered family
relationships, and financially strapped schools that locked their
doors. For these young people, danger was a constant companion that
could turn deadly in an instant. The book documents the hunger and
hardships these youth faced, capturing an appalling spectacle and
social problem in America's history before any effort was made to
meet the problem on a nationwide basis by the federal government.
Boy and Girl Tramps of America is a work unique in its ability to
extend beyond statistical analyses to uncover the opinions, ideas,
and attitudes of the boxcar boys and girls. Originally published in
1934, it remains highly relevant to the turbulent moments of the
twenty-first century. This reprint features an introduction by
scholar Susan Honeyman that puts the work into our current context.
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