"Kind." . . . "Childhood in America" . . . . . . . . . "History" . . "Another volume in the series of quotations and essays on particular aspects of US history. Chronological chapters ranging from 1790 to 2001 explore such themes as the youth of a new nation, schooling the children, the Civil War, an age of contrasts, the era of the adolescent, children on the American home front during World War II, the baby-boom generation, and an America inhostpitable to children during the last three decades of the 20th century. Texts of several documents and profiles of major figures are appended. Presents a history of childhood in the United States from the point of view of children, and includes such firsthand accounts as diary entries, letters, speeches and newspaper articles." . . . . . . . . . "USA." . . "Geschichte." . .