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Description

1. 1 online resource (xi, 211 p.) : ill.

Uniform title

1. Suffering childhood in early America (Online)

Alternative title

1. Suffering childhood in early America (Online)

Subject

1. Children > United States > Social conditions
2. Violence > United States > History
3. Victims > United States > History
4. Suffering > Political aspects > History. > United States
5. Political culture > United States > History
6. Ethnicity > United States > History
7. Racism > United States > History
8. Sex role > United States > History
9. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
10. United States > Social conditions > To 1865

Contents

1. Introduction: suffering childhood in early America -- Children in the hands of Satan : captivity, witch trials, and the dangerous child -- This infant state : the child nation and infanticide in the early republic -- Pregnancy and the new birth : reproduction, performance, and infantilizing republican mothers -- The revolutionary child : slavery, affective contracts, and the future perfect -- Epilogue: the materials and metaphors of schoolwork.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Duane, Anna Mae, 1968-

Title

1. Suffering childhood in early America [electronic resource] : violence, race, and the making of the child victim / Anna Mae Duane.

Imprint

1. Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2009047880