Huck's Raft: a History of American Childhood.(by Steven Mintz)(Book Review)

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HUCK'S RAFT: A History of American Childhood

BY STEVEN MINTZ HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004 445 PAGES, $29.95

George Washington never was a teenager--not because the father of our country was born at 50--but because the concept did not exist; the word did not appear in print until 1941. A 13-year-old has more in common with a 12-year-old than a 19-year-old, but because the suffix "teen" occurs in both numbers, our Anglophonic society consigns 13 and 19 to the same category. Treated like "teenagers," people 13-19 act the part, confirming the dominion of culture over ...

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