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The American Child

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The American Child

Elizabeth McCracken

132 pages~2 hr 37 min read19 chapters$4.99
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At home, at play, in country and city: Elizabeth McCracken went looking for the American child and reported what she found. Her observant essays portray childhood across the nation's households in the early 1900s, drawn from real visits and conversations. Sociology with a storyteller's touch. Meet the children of a century ago.

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19 chapters

  1. 1PREFACE
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3INTRODUCTION
  4. 4ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5COMPANIONS AND FRIENDS THREE SMALL GIRLS THE BOY OF THE HOUSE "DID YOU PLAY IT THIS WAY?" THE DEAR DELIGHTS OF PLAYING ALONE "THE CHILDREN—THEY ARE SUCH DEARS" A SMALL COUNTRY BOY ARRAYED IN SPOTLESS WHITE THEY PAINT PICTURES AS A REGULAR PART OF THEIR SCHOOL ROUTINE THEY DO SO MANY THINGS! THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS! THE STORY HOUR IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM THE CHILDREN'S EDITION IN THE INFANT CLASS "DO YOU LIKE MY NEW HYMN?" CHILDREN GO TO CHURCH
  6. 6INTRODUCTION
  7. 7I
  8. 8THE CHILD AT HOME
  9. 9II
  10. 10THE CHILD AT PLAY
  11. 11III
  12. 12THE COUNTRY CHILD
  13. 13IV
  14. 14THE CHILD IN SCHOOL
  15. 15V
  16. 16THE CHILD IN THE LIBRARY
  17. 17VI
  18. 18THE CHILD IN CHURCH

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