Peter N. Stearns Anxious Parents (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Anxious ParentsCondition: NewSubtitle: A History of Modern Childrearing in AmericaISBN-10: 0814798292EAN: 9780814798294ISBN: 9780814798294Publisher: New York University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/01/2003Description: An examination into the history of modern parentingThe nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw a dramatic shift in the role of children in American society and families. No longer necessary for labor, children became economic liabilities and twentieth-century parents exhibited a new level of anxiety concerning the welfare of their children and their own ability to parent effectively. What caused this shift in the ways parenting and childhood were experienced and perceived? Why, at a time of relative ease and prosperity, do parents continue to grapple with uncertainty and with unreasonable expectations of both themselves and their children? Peter N. Stearns explains this phenomenon by examining the new issues the twentieth century brought to bear on families. Surveying popular media, "expert” childrearing manuals, and newspapers and journals published throughout the century, Stearns shows how schooling, physical and emotional vulnerability, and the rise in influence of commercialism became primary concerns for parents. The result, Stearns shows, is that contemporary parents have come to believe that they are participating in a culture of neglect and diminishing standards. Anxious Parents: A Modern History of Childrearing in America shows the reasons for this belief through an historic examination of modern parenting.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 153mmAuthor: Peter N. StearnsGenre: HistoryTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Anxious Parents

Title: Anxious Parents

Subtitle: A History of Modern Childrearing in America

ISBN-10: 0814798292

EAN: 9780814798294

ISBN: 9780814798294

Release Date: 05/01/2003

Release Year: 2003

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: History

Topic: Social Sciences

Number of Pages: 251 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Anxious Parents : a History of Modern Childrearing in America

Publisher: New York University Press

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: United States / 20th Century, Parenting / General, Developmental / Child, United States / General

Publication Year: 2003

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 20.8 Oz

Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Psychology, History

Author: Peter N. Stearns

Item Length: 9.3 in

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Hardcover