The nature of childhood : an environmental history of growing up in America since 1865 /

The nature of childhood : an environmental history of growing up in America since 1865 /

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Author / Creator:	Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela.
Imprint:	Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014] ©2014.
Description:	xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Children -- United States -- History. Families -- United States -- History. Children and the environment -- United States. Children -- United States -- Social conditions. Human ecology -- United States. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States. Children. Children and the environment. Children -- Social conditions. Ecology. Families. Human ecology. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Social conditions United States -- Social conditions. United States -- Environmental conditions. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9965128

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Varying Form of Title:	Environmental history of growing up in America since 1865
ISBN:	9780700619580 (hardback) 0700619585 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-261) and index.
Summary:	"Today's organized efforts to lure children outdoors to green spaces signal growing concerns about American youths' deepening estrangement from nature. Covering the last century and a half, this environmental history of American childhood explains how and why we've come to this pass by focusing on those factors that shaped the conflict over who would control children's access to their preferred environments, with adults prevailing more often than not. Armed with technology, however, today's homebound youngsters seemingly are now where they want to be, prompting their elders increasingly to question the wisdom of their protective regime"--

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Call Number:	HQ792.U5 R57 2014
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