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Loading... Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children (Major Problems in American History (Wadsworth))by Anya Jabour
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. "Major Problems In the History of American Families and Children" edited by Anya Jabour is one of the books in the Houghton Mifflin 'Major Problems in American History' series. The book is a tremendous resource of both primary source documents and academic writings on the subject of American families and children. The book helps to train college students to look for primary sources and how to evaluate those sources by providing examples of discourse related to many of the primary sources in the book. The primary sources in the book are interesting and provoked further exploration of topics which include families in bondage, Native American, Victorian, frontier, Civil War and immigrant families to name a few. It also tackles the case of orphans, families of the 1950's, the welfare system and late 20th century family politics. An example of what a good textbook should look and operate like. Bravo! ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Part of the Major Problems in American History series, this text for courses in family history or history of childhood balances its discussion of marriage and gender relations with coverage on children and childhood. Offering a thorough treatment of race, ethnicity, and class from colonial times to the present, this edition grants sustained attention to Native Americans and Latinos. Relating history to larger political events, the text narrative balances coverage of public policy toward families with coverage of the experiences of family life. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.870973Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Marriage and Parenting ParentingLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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