Growing Up in America: Children in Historical Perspective
The editors have selected some of the most interesting and important articles of the last ten years concerning the his tory of childhood, a field which recent ly has received attention with the rise of social, family, and psychohistory. Af ter a concise introduction to the chang ing scholarship about children in a his torical perspective, the editors present illustrative articles, arranged into sec tions on colonial, 19th- and 20th-centu ry, and minority children, and followed by short bibliographies. This well-done compilation collects in one place al ready printed articles for the scholar and will serve as a text in various up per-division college courses. David Szatmary, Continuing Education, Univ. of Washington, SeattleCopyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.