![]() | Children and Youth in a New Nation Subjects: Children -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Children -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Youth -- United States -- History -- 18h century; Youth -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Child welfare -- United States -- History; In the early years of the Republic, as Americans tried to determine what it meant to be an American, they also wondered what it meant to be an American child. A defensive, even fearful, approach to childhood gave way to a more optimistic campaign to integrate young Americans into the Republican experiment. Marten James : James Marten is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Marquette University. He is author or editor of more than a dozen books including The Children's Civil War and four NYU Press books: Children and War: A Historical Anthology; Children in Colonial America; Children and Youth in a New Nation; and Children and Youth during the Civil War Era. |
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