Children of a New World : Society, Culture, and Globalization / Paula S. Fass.
2006
HQ792.U5 F34 2007
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Title
Children of a New World : Society, Culture, and Globalization / Paula S. Fass.
Author
Fass, Paula S., author.
ISBN
9780814728529
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814728529.001.0001 doi
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HQ792.U5 F34 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.230973/0904
Summary
Paula S. Fass, a pathbreaker in children's history and the history of education, turns her attention in Children of a New World to the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. Globalization, privatization, the rise of the "work-centered" family, and the triumph of the unregulated marketplace, she argues, are revolutionizing the lives of children today.Fass begins by considering the role of the school as a fundamental component of social formation, particularly in a nation of immigrants like the United States. She goes on to examine children as both creators of culture and objects of cultural concern in America, evident in the strange contemporary fear of and fascination with child abduction, child murder, and parental kidnapping. Finally, Fass moves beyond the limits of American society and brings historical issues into the present and toward the future, exploring how American historical experience can serve as a guide to contemporary globalization as well as how globalization is altering the experience of American children and redefining childhood.Clear and scholarly, serious but witty, Children of a New World provides a foundation for future historical investigations while adding to our current understanding of the nature of modern childhood, the role of education for national identity, the crisis of family life, and the influence of American concepts of childhood on the world's definitions of children's rights. As a new generation comes of age in a global world, it is a vital contribution to the study of childhood and globalization.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: Children in Society
Introduction to Part I
1. Immigration and Education in the United States
2. The IQ
3. Creating New Identities
Part II: Children in Culture
Introduction to Part II
4. Making and Remaking an Event
5. A Sign of Family Disorder?
6. Bringing It Home
Part III: Children of a New Global World
Introduction to Part III
7. Children and Globalization
8. Children in Global Migrations
9. Children of a New World
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: Children in Society
Introduction to Part I
1. Immigration and Education in the United States
2. The IQ
3. Creating New Identities
Part II: Children in Culture
Introduction to Part II
4. Making and Remaking an Event
5. A Sign of Family Disorder?
6. Bringing It Home
Part III: Children of a New Global World
Introduction to Part III
7. Children and Globalization
8. Children in Global Migrations
9. Children of a New World
Index
About the Author