Children and Youth During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era |
|
| Editor:
| Marten, James |
| Foreword by:
| Fass, Paula S. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4798-4981-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $64.99 |
Book Description:
|
After the Civil War, urbanization, industrialization, and immigration marked the start of the Gilded Age, a period of rapid economic growth but also social upheaval. This book includes essays, which foreground the role that youth played in exerting agency over their own lives and in contesting the policies that sought to protect and control them.
After the Civil War, urbanization, industrialization, and immigration marked the start of the Gilded Age, a period of rapid economic growth but also social upheaval. This book includes essays, which foreground the role that youth played in exerting agency over their own lives and in contesting the policies that sought to protect and control them.