From virtue to character
Subtitle: American childhood, 1775-1850
By: Jacqueline S. Reinier.
Series: Twayne's history of American childhood series
Publisher: Twayne Publishers; Prentice Hall International
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Children -- United States -- History.; Child rearing -- United States -- History.
Description: From Virtue to Character: American Childhood, 1775-1850 explores the experience of childhood in America from the Revolution to the Civil War. Beginning with the child-rearing concepts of John Locke and those who popularized and elaborated on his views, author Jacqueline S. Reinier traces how the enlightened hope of the malleability of the child was folded into the ideology of the early American republic.

As cultural leaders sought to mold children into virtuous citizens and citizen's wives, they drew on European enlightened thought, which they blended with the American religious experience and Protestant belief.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-244) and index.