States of childhood : : from the junior republic to the American republic, 1895-1945 / / Jennifer S. Light.
A number of curious communities sprang up across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: simulated cities, states, and nations in which children played the roles of legislators, police officers, bankers, journalists, shopkeepers, and other adults. They performed real wo...
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| Superior document: | The MIT Press |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2020] |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The MIT Press
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (548 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Child protection or child labor?
- The smallest republic in the world
- Stages of childhood
- Constructing youth, constructing youth serving institutions
- Drama on the street
- Serving community and nation
- Expanding and erasing the republic idea
- Conclusion: The legacies of William R. George
- Epilogue: What happened to junior republics?