Children & Youth in America: A Documentary History

Editor: Robert H. Bremner
Associate Editors: John Barnard, Tamara Hareven, Robert Mennel

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970
reprinted with permission from The American Public Health Association

Web Editors: James Marten, Kriste Lindenmeyer
Associate Web Editors: Evan Rea, Ryan Grubb

Volume I: 1600-1865 |

Volume I: 1600-1865
Foreward
Editor's Preface

PART ONE: Children and Youth in Colonial America, 1600-1735
04 _P1_I_The_New_World as Refuge and  Bridewell_(Intro)
05_P1_IA_Southern_Colonies
06_P1_IB_New_England
07_P1_IC_Middle_Colonies
08_P1_II_Children_in_the_Colonial_Family_(Intro)
09_P1_IIA_The_Family_in_the_Social_Order
10_P1_IIB_Single_Persons,_Bastards,_and_Orphans
11_P1_III_The_Care_of_Dependent_Children_
12_P1_IV_Schooling_(Intro)_
13_P1_IV_A_Educational_Contacts_between_Europeans_and_Indians
14_P1_IV_B_New_England_Schools_and_Schoolteachers
15_P1_IV_C_Schools_and_Learning_in_the_Southern_Colonies
16_P1_IV_D_Schools_in_the_Middle_Colonies
17_P1_IV_Apprenticeship_and_Child_Labor_(Intro)
18_P1_V_A_Apprenticeship
19_P1_V_B_Indentured_Servants
20_P1_V_C_Protection_of_Children_Against_Abuse_by_Masters

PART TWO: Children and Youth in the Age of Voluntarism and Self-Help, 1735-1820
21_P2_I_Children_in_the_Enlightenment_and_the_Revolution
22_P2_II_Child_Labor_(Intro)
23_P2_II_A_Apprentices_and_Servants
24_P2_II_B_Infant_Industries
25_P2_III_Education_(Intro)
26_P2_III_A_Education_in_the_Late_Colonial_Period
27_P2_III_B_Education_in_The_Early_Republic
28_P2_IV_Care_of_Dependent_Children_(Intro)
29_P2_IV_A_Binding_Out_and_Outdoor_Relief
30_P2_IV_B_Institutional_Care_of_Poor_Children
31_P2_V_Child_Health (Intro)
32_P2_VI_Children_in_Trouble (Intro)
33_P2_VII_Negro_and_Indian_Children_(Intro)
34_P2_VII_A_Indian_Children_in_Schools_and_Missions
35_P2_VII_B_Free_Black_Children_in_the_North
36_P2_VII_C_Situation_of_Slave_Children
37_P2_VII_D_Education_of_Negro_Children

PART THREE: The American Child, 1820-1865
38_P3_I_Children_in_a_Democracy (Intro)
39_P3_I_A_The_American_Family
40_P3_I_B_The_Legal_Status_of_the_Child in the Family
41_P3_I_C_Children_in_Slavery
42_P3_I_D_The_Legal_Status_of_Free_Negro_Children
43_P3_I_E_Indian_Children
44_P3_II_Immigrant_Children (Intro)
45_P3_II_A_Reports_From_The_Promised_Land
46_P3_II_B_The_Crossing
47_P3_II_C_Immigrant_Child_as_Social_Problem
48_P3_III_Education_(Intro)
49_P3_III_A_The_Common School Movement
50_P3_III_B_Educational Issues_In_School_and_College
51_P3_III_C_Education_of_Blacks and Indians
52_P4_A_The_Gospel_of_Work and the American Character
53_P4_B_Apprenticeship in the Early Industrial Era
54_P4_C_Boys_At_Sea
55_P4_D Children in Factories
56_P4_E Opposition to Child Labor and Efforts at Regulation
57_P5_Care_of_Dependent_Children_(Intro)
58_P5_A Children Under the Poor Law
59_P5_B_Special_Institutions_For_Dependent_Children
60_P6_Juvenile_Delinquency_(Intro)
61_P6_A_The_Refuge_Movement
62_P6_B_Growth of State Institutions
63_P6_C_Prevention of Delinquency and Dependency
64_P7_Child Health_(Intro)
65_P7_A_Afflicted Children
66_P7_B_Recognition of Special Health Problems of Children
67_P7_C_Health Education and School Hygiene
68_P7_D_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