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| Author | Steven Mintz |
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| Subject | History of childhood, United States history |
| Published | 2004 (Harvard University Press) |
| Pages | 445 |
| ISBN | 978-0-674-01998-0 |
Huck's Raft is a history of American childhood and youth, written by Steven Mintz. The 2006 H-Net review wrote that the book was the best single-volume history of its kind.
Stolen Childhood: Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America is a 1995 history book about nineteenth century slave children in America by Wilma King. As the first full-length book on the subject, it began the scholarship of slave childhood. The book uses historical documents to argue that enslaved children were deprived of experiences now understood to constitute childhood, due to early work responsibilities, frequent bodily and emotional trauma, and separations from family. The book covers themes of the children's education, leisure, religion, transitions to freedmen, and work expectations. It was published in the Indiana University Press's Blacks in the Diaspora series, and a revised edition was released in 2011.
Studying Children in Context: Theories, Methods, and Ethics is a 1998 book on qualitative research methods for working with young children. It was written by M. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel J. Walsh and published by SAGE Publications.
Official Knowledge: Democratic Education in a Conservative Age is a book written in 1993 by Michael Apple about the inherent politics of educational practice and policy. Its themes include right-wing cultural hegemony, control of textbook contents, and the role of private business in schools. It has received three editions.
The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States is a history book about Ferrer Schools by Paul Avrich.
General Education in a Free Society, also known as the Harvard Redbook, is a 1945 Harvard University report on the importance of general education in American secondary and post-secondary schools. It is among the most important works in curriculum studies.
History's Memory is a history book about historiography of United States history. It was written by Ellen Fitzpatrick and published by Harvard University Press in October 2004.
Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman is a 2012 history book about Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. The book was co-authored by the father-daughter pair Paul and Karen Avrich, and posthumously published after Paul's death. It was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice for 2012.
Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America is a 1995 oral history book of 180 interviews with anarchists over 30 years by Paul Avrich. An abridged edition was published with 53 interviews.
Kronstadt, 1921, is a history book by Paul Avrich about the 1921 Kronstadt rebellion against the Bolsheviks.
An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltairine de Cleyre is book written by Paul Avrich. It is a biography of Voltairine de Cleyre.
The Haymarket Tragedy is a 1984 history book by Paul Avrich about the Haymarket affair and the resulting trial.
Milton Gaither is an historian of education and a professor at Messiah College. Some of his most notable works include American Educational History Revisited, on the historiography of American education, and Homeschool: An American History.
Preschool Education in America: The Culture of Young Children from the Colonial Era to the Present is a 1995 history of preschool education in the United States written by Barbara Beatty.
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance is a 1985 book on everyday forms of rural class conflict as illustrated in a Malaysian village, written by anthropologist James C. Scott and published by Yale University Press.
Socratic Citizenship is a philosophy book by Dana Villa that proposes how contemporary citizenship can draw from Socrates' dissident citizenship in Athens. He follows the references to Socrates in the works of Hannah Arendt, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Strauss, and Max Weber.
Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar is a 2007 book-length ethnographic study of Betafo, Madagascar written by anthropologist David Graeber and published by the Indiana University Press.
Tools for Conviviality is a 1973 book by Ivan Illich about the proper use of technology.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants is a 2013 nonfiction book by Potawatomi professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, about the role of Indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies.
David F. Labaree is a historian of education and Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University.
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