Young America: Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture
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Book Description
In an era of both optimism and anxiety about the nation's future, Americans in the nineteenth century focused attention on the cultivation and education of children as future citizens. Contemporary portrayals of children-in fine paintings, popular prints, illustrated primers, and advertisements-helped to shape cultural expectations: pictures of hardy country boys, intent schoolchildren, and little... More
Book Information
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Binding | Hardcover (4 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 248 |
ISBN-10 | 0300106203 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0300106206 |
Publication Date | 02/11/2006 |
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