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Tables of Contents for Childhood in America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
The Youth of a New Nation: 1790-1850
1
23
Schooling the Children: 1777-1867
24
23
``Slave Young, Slave Long'': 1619-1861
47
20
A National Crisis: The Civil War: 1861-1865
67
24
An Age of Contrasts: 1860-1905
91
23
Growing Up on the Western Frontier: 1840-1918
114
25
Child Saving: 1817-1922
139
28
The Era of the Adolescent: 1900-1928
167
21
The Depression Alters Children's Lives: 1929-1943
188
23
World War II: Children on the American Home Front: 1939-1945
211
24
The Baby-Boom Generation: 1946-1970
235
26
Hearts and Minds: African-American Children Face Challenges: 1865-1990
261
27
An America Inhospitable to Children: 1971-2001
288
15
Appendix A: Documents
303
33
Appendix B: Biographies of Major Personalities
336
30
Bibliography
366
29
Index
395