Decade by decade, this resource offers an overview of all aspects of American teenagers' lives from 1900 to 1999, as they evolved through the century. Using a variety of sources from sociological studies to popular magazines, this work shows how teens have responded to the political events that have characterized each decade. It also describes the patterns that have affected their home, work, and school lives, patterns of dating and sex, trends in alcohol and drug use, and teen tastes in books and movies and use of slang and fashions. Seventy illustrations make the personalities,...
Decade by decade, this resource offers an overview of all aspects of American teenagers' lives from 1900 to 1999, as they evolved through the centu...
Sixteen chapters in this work explore the psychological subtexts of a number of important children's books. While most of the analyses deal primarily with the psychological development of characters, some focus on the lives of authors and illustrators. Other chapters analyze the various responses that readers have to children's books.
Sixteen chapters in this work explore the psychological subtexts of a number of important children's books. While most of the analyses deal primarily ...
From earliest childhood the nursery rhyme, one of the most captivating genres in our popular culture, has transmitted powerful messages to the child who hears it. These meanings may not be the ones adults perceive or intend, for such didactic precepts as the beneficial need of self-control, social order, and academic responsibility also can be weighted with the sadistic, angry connotations that lie deep in the human spirit.
In Cradle and All nursery rhymes are shown to be both the instruments that tell children of the mortal hunger for the forces in the natural world that...
From earliest childhood the nursery rhyme, one of the most captivating genres in our popular culture, has transmitted powerful messages to the chil...
