From Virute to Character: American Childhood, 1775-1850

From: Journal of American Culture | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

From Virtue to Character: American Childhood, 1775-1850. Jacqueline S. Reiner. New York: Twayne, 1996. 258 pp. $26.95 cloth.

The history of childhood in America is really the history of America itself, for it embraces key issues of ongoing concern: education and the formation of character, family relationships, the definition of gender roles, the adoption of cultural and religious values, developments in health care, class and racial distinctions, and the establishment of identity, both national and ethnic. In From Virtue to Character: American Childhood, 1775-1850, a volume in the Twayne ...

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