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Spanning more than two centuries, this book traces the many paths to adulthood that Americans have pursued over time. "Conflicting Paths" is an innovative history of growing up in America that includes analysis and five hundred first-person testimonials--autobiographies, diaries, and letters.
List of contents
Preface Growing Up in History: Conflicts, Paths, and Experiences First Steps in the Eighteenth Century Hops, Skips, and Jumps into the Nineteenth Century Paving the Paths in the Nineteenth Century The Beat of Different Drummers into the Early Twentieth Century The Disappearance of Childhood in Our Own Time? Appendix: Notes on Sources Notes Acknowledgments Index
About the author
Harvey J. Graff is Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and Professor of English and History at The Ohio State University and the author of The Legacies of Literacy: Continuities and Contradictions in Western Society and Culture.
Summary
Spanning more than two centuries, this book traces the many paths to adulthood that Americans have pursued over time. Conflicting Paths is an innovative history of growing up in America that includes analysis and five hundred first-person testimonials--autobiographies, diaries, and letters.
