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Hidden in plain sight : the tragedy of children's rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate /

From the Publisher: Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Th...

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Основен автор: Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ℗♭2008.
Серия: Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=286786
Подобни документи: Print version:: Hidden in plain sight.
Съдържание:
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword / Ruth O'Brien
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Ain't I a person?
  • 1: How to think about childhood
  • 2: How to think about children's rights
  • Part 1: Privacy Principle: Stories Of Bondage And Belonging
  • 3: Boys in slavery and servitude: Frederick Douglass
  • 4: Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender: Dred Scott's daughters
  • 5: Growing up in state custody: "Tony" and "John G"
  • Part 2: Agency Principle: Stories Of Voice And Participation
  • 6: Printer's apprentice: Ben Franklin and youth speech
  • 7: Youth in the civil rights movement: John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb
  • Part 3: Equality Principle: Stories Of Equal Opportunity
  • 8: Old maids and little women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather
  • 9: Breaking the prison of disability: Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven"
  • Part 4: Dignity Principle: Stories Of Resistance And Resilience
  • 10: Hide and survive: Anne Frank and "Liu"
  • 11: Children at work: newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn"
  • Part 5: Protection Principle: Stories Of Guilt And Innocence
  • 12: Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie"
  • 13: Age and the idea of innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate
  • Conclusion: Future of rights
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.