Children of a new world : society, culture, and globalization

Resource Information

The work Children of a new world : society, culture, and globalization represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Children of a new world : society, culture, and globalization

Title remainder

society, culture, and globalization

Statement of responsibility

Paula S. Fass

Creator

• Fass, Paula S
• Fass, Paula S

Subject

• Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Children in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Globalization -- Social aspects
• Immigrant children -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Socialization -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Children -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Children -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

Paula S. Fass, a pathbreaker in children's history and the history of education, turns her attention in Children of a New World to the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. Globalization, privatization, the rise of the "work-centered" family, and the triumph of the unregulated marketplace, she argues, are revolutionizing the lives of children today. Fass begins by considering the role of the school as a fundamental component of social formation, particularly in a nation of immigrants like the United States. She goes on to examine childre

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

305.230973/0904

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ792.U5

LC item number

F34 2007eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography