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In the Western world, the modern view of childhood as a space
protected from broader adult society first became a dominant social
vision during the nineteenth century. Many of the West's sharpest
portrayals of children in literature and the arts emerged at that
time in both Europe and the United States and continue to organize
our perceptions and sensibilities to this day. But that childhood
is now being recreated.Many social and political developments since
the end of the World War II have fundamentally altered the lives
children lead and are now beginning to transform conceptions of
childhood. "Reinventing Childhood After World War II" brings
together seven prominent historians of modern childhood to identify
precisely what has changed in children's lives and why. Topics
range from youth culture to children's rights; from changing
definitions of age to nontraditional families; from parenting
styles to how American experiences compare with those of the rest
of the Western world. Taken together, the essays argue that
children's experiences have changed in such dramatic and important
ways since 1945 that parents, other adults, and girls and boys
themselves have had to reinvent almost every aspect of
childhood."Reinventing Childhood After World War II" presents a
striking interpretation of the nature and status of childhood that
will be essential to students and scholars of childhood, as well as
policy makers, educators, parents, and all those concerned with the
lives of children in the world today.
Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of Law in America begins the
account of law in America with the very first moments of European
colonization and settlement of the North American landmass. It
follows those processes across two hundred years to the eventual
creation and stabilization of the American republic. The book
discusses the place of law in regard to colonization and empire,
indigenous peoples, government and jurisdiction, population
migrations, economic and commercial activity, religion, the
creation of social institutions, and revolutionary politics. The
Cambridge History of Law in America has been made possible by the
generous support of the American Bar Foundation.
Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Law in America focuses on the
long nineteenth century (1789-1920). It deals with the formation
and development of the American state system, the establishment and
growth of systematic legal education, the spread of the legal
profession, the growing density of legal institutions and their
interaction with political and social action and the development of
the modern criminal justice system. We also see how law intertwines
with religion, how it becomes ingrained in popular culture and how
it intersects with the worlds of the American military and of
international relations. The Cambridge History of Law in America
has been made possible by the generous support of the American Bar
Foundation.
Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of Law in America covers the
period from 1920 to the present, 'the American Century'. It charts
a century of legal transformations, and shows how, politically,
socially and culturally, the twentieth century was when law became
ubiquitous in American life. Among the themes discussed are
innovation in the disciplinary and regulatory use of law, changes
wrought by the intersection of law with explosive struggles around
race, gender, class and sexuality, the emergence and development of
the particularly American legal discourse of 'rights', and the
expansion of this discourse to the international arena. The main
focus of this last volume of The Cambridge History of Law in
America is the accelerating pace of change, change which we can be
confident will continue. The Cambridge History of Law in America
has been made possible by the generous support of the American Bar
Foundation.
Volume II of the Cambridge History of Law in America focuses on the
long nineteenth century (1789-1920). It deals with the formation
and development of the American state system, the establishment and
growth of systematic legal education, the spread of the legal
profession, the growing density of legal institutions and their
interaction with political and social action, and the development
of the modern criminal justice system. We also see how law
intertwines with religion, how it becomes ingrained in popular
culture, and how it intersects with the worlds of the American
military and of international relations The Cambridge History of
Law in America has been made possible by the generous support of
the American Bar Foundation.
Volume I of the Cambridge History of Law in America begins the
account of law in America with the very first moments of European
colonization and settlement of the North American landmass. It
follows those processes across two hundred years to the eventual
creation and stabilization of the American republic. The book
discusses the place of law in regard to colonization and empire,
indigenous peoples, government and jurisdiction, population
migrations, economic and commercial activity, religion, the
creation of social institutions, and revolutionary politics. The
Cambridge History of Law in America has been made possible by the
generous support of the American Bar Foundation.
Volume III of the Cambridge History of Law in America covers the
period from 1920 to the present, 'the American Century'. It charts
a century of legal transformations - in the state, in legal thought
and education, in professional organization and life, in American
federalism and governance, in domestic affairs and international
relations. It shows how, politically, socially and culturally, the
twentieth century was when law became ubiquitous in American life.
Among the themes discussed are innovation in the disciplinary and
regulatory use of law, changes wrought by the intersection of law
with explosive struggles around race, gender, class and sexuality,
the emergence and development of the particularly American legal
discourse of 'rights', and the expansion of this discourse to the
international arena. The main focus of this last volume of the
Cambridge History of Law in America is the accelerating pace of
change, change which we can be confident will continue. The
Cambridge History of Law in America has been made possible by the
generous support of the American Bar Foundation.
A Judgment for Solomon tells the story of the d'Hauteville case, a
controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the
story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore some
timebound and timeless features of American legal culture. In a
narrative analysis, it recounts how marital woes led Ellen and
Gonzalve d'Hauteville into what Alexis de Tocqueville called the
'shadow of the law'. Their multiple legal experiences culminated in
an eagerly followed Philadelphia trial that sparked a national
debate over the legal rights and duties of mothers and fathers, and
husbands and wives. The story of the d'Hauteville case explains why
popular trials become 'precedents of legal experience' - mediums
for debates about highly contested social issues. It also
demonstrates the ability of individual women and men to contribute
to legal change by turning to the law to fight for what they want.
Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital
relationship between legal history and the family, Michael
Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues
as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate
children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority,
increased women's and children's rights, and fixed more clearly the
state's responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further
illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and
powerful new body of law--antiabortion and maternal biases in child
custody--remained in effect well into the twentieth century.
From the Salem witchcraft trials of the 1690s to the Rodney King
and O. J. Simpson trials of the 1990s, highly publicized court
cases have both disclosed and shaped changes in American society.
In this volume, Michael Grossberg examines the d'Hauteville child
custody battle of 1840 to explore some timebound and timeless
features of American legal culture. He recounts how marital woes
led Ellen and Gonzalve d'Hauteville into what Alexis de Tocqueville
called the "shadow of the law". Their bitter custody fight over
their two-year-old son forced the pair to confront contradictions
between their own ideas about justice and the realities of the law,
as well as to endure the transformation of their domestic
unhappiness into a public legal event with lawyers, judges,
newspaper reporters, and a popular following. The d'Hautevilles'
multiple legal experiences culminated in an eagerly followed
Philadelphia trial that sparked a national debate over the legal
rights and duties of parents and spouses. The story of the
d'Hauteville case explains why popular trials become "precedents of
legal experience" - mediums for debates about highly contested
social issues. It also demonstrates the ability of individual women
and men to contribute to legal change by turning to the law to
fight for what they want.
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