Title: Growing pains : children in the industrial age, 1850-1890 /
Authors: Clement, Priscilla Ferguson, 1942-
Publisher: Twayne Publishers ; Prentice Hall International,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Children United States History
Abstract: In Growing Pains: Children in the Industrial Age, 1850-1890, the respected scholar Priscilla Ferguson Clement presents an unparalleled survey of the experience of American childhood during this turbulent era. Approaching her subject thematically, Clement chronicles the situation of American children in the spheres of home life, schooling, employment, and play.