HIST 3320: The History of Childhood
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- Chapter 7 Japan Adapts the New Model: A Process of Change in AsiaStearns, P. N. (2016). Chapter 7 Japan Adapts the New Model: A Process of Change in Asia In Childhood in world history. ProQuest Ebook Central
- Chapter 8 Childhood and Communist RevolutionsStearns, P. N. (2016). Chapter 8 Childhood and Communist Revolutions In Childhood in world history. ProQuest Ebook Central
- Chapter 9 Childhood in the Affluent SocietiesStearns, P. N. (2016). Chapter 9 Childhood in the Affluent Societies In Childhood in world history. ProQuest Ebook Central
- Chapter 10 Children in the Developing WorldsStearns, P. N. (2016). Chapter 10 Children in the Developing Worlds In Childhood in world history. ProQuest Ebook Central
- Chapter 2 Child-Rearing in the Nineteenth-Century.
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Uno, K. (1999). Chapter 2 Child-Rearing in the Nineteenth-Century. In Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth-Century Japan (pp. 19-46). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824863883-004
Bring to class: New sources Mangas, Mims, Comics, Sudokus, etc. from or related to Japan.
- Case Study Maasai Murran as Rebellious Youth (20th c)Waller, Richard. Case Study Maasai Murran as Rebellious Youth (20th c). The George Mason University (GMU) website
Primary Sources
Discussion Questions
- Did Japan’s conscious adoption of Western ways of child rearing indicate a break with its past? What evidence do you have to support your answer?
- How have revolutions in the last century impacted on the lives of children?
- Bring fresh primary sources in the class that inform our understanding about children and war.
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