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The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child / Paula S. Fass.

Huck's raft : a history of American childhood / Steven Mintz.

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Children - United States - History

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The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child / Paula S. Fass.

Huck's raft : a history of American childhood / Steven Mintz.