| Description |
xiv, 365 pages ; 24 cm |
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| Note |
"First published in 1993 by Oxford University Press, Inc. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1995"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352) and index. |
| Contents |
Pearl Harbor: Fears and Nightmares -- Depression Children and War Babies -- "Daddy's Gone to War" -- Homefront Families on the Move -- Working Mothers and Latchkey Children -- Rearing Preschool Children -- School-age Children Fight the War -- Children Play War Games -- Children's Entertainment: Radio, Movies, Comics -- The Fractured Homefront: Racial and Cultural Hostility -- Children's Health and Welfare -- "Daddy's Coming Home!" -- Confronting War's Enormity, Praising Its Glory -- Age, Culture, and History -- The Homefront Children at Middle Age. |
| Summary |
Explores the experiences of children (now men and women in their fifties and sixties) who grew up during World War II, in the context of developmental psychology, and argues that the war left an indelible imprint on them, not only in childhood but in adulthood as well. |
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Children -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Children and war -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States.
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Children. (OCoLC)fst00854835
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Children and war. (OCoLC)fst00855242
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Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 |
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1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0195096495 |
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9780195096491 |
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