Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History, Volume II, 1866-1932
Subtitle: Vol. 1 Parts 1-6; Vol. 2 Parts 7-8 (Children and Youth in America)
Contributors: John Barnard (Editor); Temara K. Hareven (Editor); Robert M. Mennel (Editor)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: January 1, 1971
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1606
ISBN-13: 9780674116122
Subjects: History; United States; General; Child welfare; Youth; Sociology; Sources; Children in the U.S; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; United States - General; History / United States / General; Children
Table of contents: title: V. 1. PART ONE: Children and Youth in Colonial America, 1600-1735. The new world as refuge and bridewell -- Children in the colonial family -- The care of dependent children -- Schooling -- Apprenticeship and child labor -- PART TWO: Children and youth in the age at voluntarism and self-help, 1735-1820. Children in the Enlightenment and the Revolution -- Child labor -- Education -- Care of dependent children -- Child health -- Children in trouble -- Negro and Indian children -- PART THREE: The American Child, 1820-1865. Children in a democracy -- Immigrant children -- Education -- Child Labor -- Care of dependent children -- Juvenile delinquency -- Child health -- Chronology : events relating to the history of the health, education, and welfare of children and youth, 1535-1865 -- V. 2. PART ONE: The social and cultural background -- The setting -- Youth in American society -- PART TWO: The legal status of children and protection against cruelty and immorality -- Rights of parents and children -- Child protection -- PART THREE: Care of dependent children. Institutions and foster homes -- Care of children in their own homes -- Issues in child care -- PART FOUR: Juvenile Delinquency. Delinquency in the late Nineteenth Century -- The juvenile court -- Modern theories and studies of juvenile delinquency -- PART FIVE: Child Labor. The working force -- State and federal regulation of child labor -- PART SIX: Administration of child welfare service. The Children’s Bureau -- State and county child welfare agencies -- PART SEVEN: Child Health. Health problems of infants and children -- School health -- Infant and maternal mortality -- Programs, research, and demonstrations in child health -- PART EIGHT: Education. The school and American society -- Education in the South -- Federal participation in education -- Education of northern Negro, immigrant, and Indian children -- The first century of the American public high school -- Issues and trends in education -- Chronology : events relating to the history of the health, education, and welfare of children and youth, 1865-1932 -- . 3. PART ONE: Young America. Youth problems and protest in the 1930’s -- The Roosevelt Era -- Midcentury Trends -- PART TWO: Child Labor and youth employment. The New Deal and child labor -- Employment and opportunity -- PART THREE: Aid to Dependent Children and Child Welfare Services. Aid to dependent children under the Social Security Act -- Child welfare services -- Adoption, custody, and illegitimacy -- PART FOUR: Child protection and family planning. Protection against neglect, abuse, and immorality -- Family planning and abortion -- PART FIVE: Juvenile delinquency. Inertia and innovation in the care of juvenile delinquents -- The federal government and juvenile delinquency -- The juvenile court and legal issues -- PART SIX: Health care for children and youth. Development of federal / state programs in the New Deal and World War II -- Health problems and services for children and youth since World War II -- Mental health and retardation -- PART SEVEN: Education. The Roosevelt era -- Education in depression and war -- Education of children of minority groups : new trends and old problems -- Education adjusts to the Cold War -- Education and reform -- Chronology : events relating to the history of the health, education, and welfare of children and youth, 1933-1973.