The voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the events that transformed the colonies to an independent nation have seldom been heard in historical accounts of the American Revolution. This book tells the story of the forgotten youngsters who engaged in the boycott of British goods and the battles that led up to the Declaration of Independence; the story of their courageous exploits in eight years of warfare on land and sea, and the story of the social forces that shaped and transformed their post-war lives. The Revolution challenged the notions of patriarchal authority. It...
The voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the events that transformed the colonies to an independent nation have seldom been heard in ...
This updated edition offers scores of new resources for resilience education as well as an action plan that can be used immediately to build inner strength and flexibility in your students and staff.
Foreword by Emmy E. Werner
This updated edition offers scores of new resources for resilience education as well as an action plan that can be us...
Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who have been monitored from the prenatal period through early adulthood by psychologists, pediatricians, public health professionals, and social workers. Werner and Smith trace the impact of a variety of biological and psycho-social risk factors and stressful events on the development of these individuals, most of whose parents did not graduate from high school and worked as semiskilled or unskilled laborers. Incorporating vivid case...
Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kau...
In a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of approximately five hundred men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A third of...
In a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of approx...
Between 1841 and 1865, some 40,000 children participated in the great overland journeys from the banks of the Missouri River to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. In this book, Emmy Werner gives 120 of these young emigrants, aged between four and seventeen, a chance to tell the stories of their journeys west.
Between 1841 and 1865, some 40,000 children participated in the great overland journeys from the banks of the Missouri River to the shores of the Paci...
Based on eyewitness accounts of 120 children, 'Reluctant Witnesses' tells their story of the US Civil War, their experience of the hardships they endured and how they managed to cope.
Based on eyewitness accounts of 120 children, 'Reluctant Witnesses' tells their story of the US Civil War, their experience of the hardships they endu...
This volume is a first-hand account of the horrors World War II inflicted upon children around the world, based on journals, diaries, and letters. World War II was the first modern war in which more civilians than soldiers were killed. By August 1945, more than 39 million civilians had died as a direct result of the war, about half of them children.
This volume is a first-hand account of the horrors World War II inflicted upon children around the world, based on journals, diaries, and letters. Wor...
The dramatic and compelling rescue of the Danish Jews from the hands of the Nazis, told through firsthand accounts and personal stories. The people of Denmark managed to save almost their countrys entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the history of World War II. Drawing on many personal accounts, Emmy Werner tells the story of the rescue of the Danish Jews from the vantage-point of living eyewitnesses- the last survivors of an extraordinary conspiracy of decency that triumphed in the midst of the...
The dramatic and compelling rescue of the Danish Jews from the hands of the Nazis, told through firsthand accounts and personal stories. The people of...
How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial stress and the implications of different coping strategies for adaptation and health across the lifespan. Carolyn M. Aldwin synthesizes a vast body of knowledge within a conceptual framework that emphasizes the transactions between mind and body and between persons and environments. She analyzes different kinds of stressors and their psychological and physiological effects, both negative and positive. Ways in which...
How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examine...
