| Description |
x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Children's welfare. Juvenile justice: from "child saving" to "public accountability" ; "The Pontius Pilate routine": government responses to child abuse ; "Illusory promises": state aid to poor children -- Pt. II. Children's Work. "Inducting into adulthood": state reactions to the labor of children and adolescents -- Pt. III. Children's education. "Laying down principles in the dark": the consequences of compulsory secondary education ; The return of the infant school: twentieth century preschool education ; Public education of disabled children: "rewriting one of the saddest chapters" -- Pt. IV. Children's health. "Shaped up" by the state: government attempts to improve children's diets, exercise regimes, and physical fitness ; Mandatory medicine: twentieth-century childhood immunization ; Conclusion: two cheers for a "failed" century. |
| Subject |
Children -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Children -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Children. |
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Child welfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Child welfare. |
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Children -- Services for -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Children -- Services for. |
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Children. |
| ISBN |
0521828783 |
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0521535689 paperback |
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