The archaeology of American childhood and adolescence /

The archaeology of American childhood and adolescence /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Baxter, Jane Eva, 1971- author.
Imprint:	Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2019]
Description:	xvii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The American experience in archaeological perspective American experience in archaeological perspective.
Subject:	Children -- United States -- History. Children -- United States -- Social life and customs. Social archaeology -- United States. Children. Children -- Social life and customs. Social archaeology. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11767219

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Other authors / contributors:	Nassaney, Michael S., author of foreword.
ISBN:	9780813056098 0813056098
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This book is a synthesis of current archaeological and historical work on children in the American past from the 17th through the 21st centuries.

Table of Contents:

Archaeologies of American childhoods
Material and social histories of childhood and adolescence in the United States
Children in their living spaces- 19th and 20th century domestic sites
Institutions for children and children at institutions
Children's bodies and commemorations of children
The archaeology and material culture of contemporary childhood.