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Enterprising Youth

- Social Values and Acculturation in Nineteenth-Century American Children's Literature

About Enterprising Youth

Examines the agenda behind the shaping of nineteenth-century children's perceptions and world views and the transmission of civic duties and social values to children by adults. This book reveals the contradictions involved in the perceptions of children as active or passive, as receptacles of the transmitted values of their parents.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415961509
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 308
  • Published:
  • April 14, 2008
  • Dimensions:
  • 160x236x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 618 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: November 20, 2024

Description of Enterprising Youth

Examines the agenda behind the shaping of nineteenth-century children's perceptions and world views and the transmission of civic duties and social values to children by adults. This book reveals the contradictions involved in the perceptions of children as active or passive, as receptacles of the transmitted values of their parents.

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