The failed century of the child : governing America's young in the twentieth century /
| Основен автор: | Sealander, Judith. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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Print version::
Failed century of the child. |
Съдържание:
- pt. I. Children's welfare. Juvenile justice: from "child saving" to "public accountability" ; "The Pontius Pilate routine": government responses to child abuse ; "Illusory promises": state aid to poor children
- pt. II. Children's Work. "Inducting into adulthood": state reactions to the labor of children and adolescents
- pt. III. Children's education. "Laying down principles in the dark": the consequences of compulsory secondary education ; The return of the infant school: twentieth century preschool education ; Public education of disabled children: "rewriting one of the saddest chapters"
- pt. IV. Children's health. "Shaped up" by the state: government attempts to improve children's diets, exercise regimes, and physical fitness ; Mandatory medicine: twentieth-century childhood immunization ; Conclusion: two cheers for a "failed" century.