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Title:

Childhood lost : how American culture is failing our kids / edited by Sharna Olfman.

Publisher:

Praeger Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Children--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Children--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Children--Government policy--United States.
Family policy--United States.
Children--Health and hygiene--United States.

Other Authors:

Olfman, Sharna.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Children's irreducible needs -- The natural history of childhood / Meredith Small -- Why parenting matters / Laura Berk -- How American culture is failing our kids -- The war against parents / Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Cornel West -- The impact of media violence on developing minds and hearts / Gloria DeGaetano -- Childhood : the fastest growing market segment / Susan Linn -- Big food, big money, big children / Katherine Battle Horgen -- So sexy so soon : the sexualization of childhood / Diane Levin -- Techno-environmental assaults on childhood in America / Varda Burstyn & Gary Sampson -- "No child left" : what are schools for in a democratic society? / Peter Sacks -- Where do the children play? / Sharna Olfman.

Series:

Childhood in America

ISBN:

9780275981396 (alk. paper)
0275981398 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57168331

LCCN:

2004028036

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

RSPC135 -- Lake City Public Library (Lake City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)

SSPB104 -- Winthrop Public Library (Winthrop)