Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History, Volume I, 1600-1865

Edited by Robert H. Bremner

Associate Editor John Barnard

Associate Editor Temara K. Hareven

Associate Editor Robert M. Mennel

    Foreword Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Works Cited in Shortened Form

    PART ONE: CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN COLONIAL AMERICA, 1600-1735

    The New World as Refuge and Bridewell

    Southern Colonies
    New England
    Middle Colonies

    Children in the Colonial Family

    The Family in the Social Order
    Single Persons, Bastards, and Orphans

    The Care of Dependent Children

    Schooling

    Educational Contacts between Europeans and Indians
    New England Schools and Schoolteachers
    Schools and Learning in the Southern Colonies
    Schools in the Middle Colonies

    Apprenticeship and Child Labor

    Appenticeship
    Indentured Servants
    Protection of Children against Abuse by Masters

    PART TWO: CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE AGE OF VOLUNTARISM AND SELF-HELP, 1735-1820

    Children in the Enlightenment and the Revolution

    Child Labor

    Apprentices and Servants
    Infant Industries

    Education

    Education in the Late Colonial Period
    Education in the Early Republic

    Care of Dependent Children

    Binding Out and Outdoor Relief
    Institutional Care of Poor Children

    Child Health

    Children in Trouble

    Negro and Indian Children

    Indian Children in Schools and Missions
    Free Black Children in the North
    Situation of Slave Children
    Education of Negro Children

    PART THREE: THE AMERICAN CHILD, 1820-1865

    Children in a Democracy

    The American Family
    The Legal Status of the Child in the Family
    Children in Slavery
    The Legal Status of Free Negro Children in the South
    Indian Children

    Immigrant Children

    Reports from the Promised Land
    The Crossing
    The Immigrant Child as a Social Problem

    Education

    The Common School Movement
    Educational Issues in School and College
    Education of Blacks and Indians

    Child Labor

    The Gospel of Work and the American Character
    Apprenticeship in the Early Industrial Era
    Boys at Sea
    Children in Factories
    Opposition to Child Labor and Efforts at Regulation

    Care of Dependent Children

    Children under the Poor Law
    Special Institutions for Dependent Children

    Juvenile Delinquency
    The Refuge Movement
    The Growth of State Institutions
    Prevention of Delinquency and Dependency

    Child Health

    Afflicted Children
    Recognition of Special Health Problems of Children
    Health Education and School Hygiene
    Health Hazards of Urban Children

    Chronology: Events Relating to the History of the Health, Education, and Welfare of Children and Youth, 1535-1865

    Appendix: The Child and the State Project, 1965-1970

    Selected Bibliography

    Index

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Robert H. Bremner is Professor of History, Ohio State University.

John Barnard is Associate Professor of History, Oakland University.

Tamara K. Hareven is Associate Professor of History, Clark University.

Robert M. Mennel is Assistant Professor of History, University of New Hampshire.