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The Failed Century of the Child : Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century
The Failed Century of the Child Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century Author:Judith Sealander Between 1900 and 2000 an unprecedented effort to use state regulation to guarantee health, opportunity, and security to America's children failed to reach its goals. This account of the period reveals that the achievements envisioned were extremely ambitious and reflected entrenched, but self-contradictory, values as well as Americans' inconsist... more »ent expectations of government. Based on extensive research, the volume analyzes the period's public policies that affected children's welfare, work, education, and health.« less