Hidden in plain sight : the tragedy of children's rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse.

Author/creator Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945-
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
Children's rights--United States. --History.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc. --United States.
African American children--Civil rights. --History.

SeriesThe public square book series
Public square (Princeton, N.J.) ^A755610
Contents How to think about childhood -- How to think about children's rights -- Boys in slavery and servitude : Frederick Douglass -- Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender : Dred Scott's daughters -- Growing up in state custody : "Tony" and "John G." -- The printer's apprentice : Ben Franklin and youth speech -- Youth in the civil rights movement : John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb -- Old maids and little women : Louisa Alcott and William Cather -- Breaking the prison of disability : Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven" -- Hide and survive : Anne Frank and "Liu" -- Children at work : newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn" -- Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie" -- Age and the idea of innocence : "Amal" and Lionel Tate.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-348) and index.
LCCN 2007026840
ISBN9780691126906 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691126909 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks KF 479 .W66 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold