Tell your friends about this item:
The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century Sealander, Judith (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)
The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century
Sealander, Judith (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)
Between 1900 and 2000 an unprecedented American effort to use state regulation to guarantee health, opportunity, and security to the country's children failed to reach its goals. The achievements envisioned were enormously ambitious and reflected entrenched but self-contradictory values and Americans' inconsistent expectations of government, which this book explores.
384 pages, 23 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 3, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521535687 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 386 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 22 mm · 510 g |
| Language | English |