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Author Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945- author.
Title Hidden in plain sight : the tragedy of children's rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse.
Publication Info Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.



Descript 1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Illustrations -- Foreword / Ruth O'Brien -- Preface -- Introduction: Ain't I a person? -- 1: How to think about childhood -- 2: How to think about children's rights -- Part 1: Privacy Principle: Stories Of Bondage And Belonging -- 3: Boys in slavery and servitude: Frederick Douglass -- 4: Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender: Dred Scott's daughters -- 5: Growing up in state custody: "Tony" and "John G" -- Part 2: Agency Principle: Stories Of Voice And Participation -- 6: Printer's apprentice: Ben Franklin and youth speech -- 7: Youth in the civil rights movement: John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb -- Part 3: Equality Principle: Stories Of Equal Opportunity -- 8: Old maids and little women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather -- 9: Breaking the prison of disability: Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven" -- Part 4: Dignity Principle: Stories Of Resistance And Resilience -- 10: Hide and survive: Anne Frank and "Liu" -- 11: Children at work: newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn" -- Part 5: Protection Principle: Stories Of Guilt And Innocence -- 12: Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie" -- 13: Age and the idea of innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate -- Conclusion: Future of rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN 9781400829651 (electronic bk.)
1400829658 (electronic bk.)
0691126909
9780691126906
0691146217
9780691146218
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Author Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945- author.
Series The public square book series
Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
Subject Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
Children's rights -- United States -- History.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
African American children -- Civil rights -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
text file rda
Contents Illustrations -- Foreword / Ruth O'Brien -- Preface -- Introduction: Ain't I a person? -- 1: How to think about childhood -- 2: How to think about children's rights -- Part 1: Privacy Principle: Stories Of Bondage And Belonging -- 3: Boys in slavery and servitude: Frederick Douglass -- 4: Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender: Dred Scott's daughters -- 5: Growing up in state custody: "Tony" and "John G" -- Part 2: Agency Principle: Stories Of Voice And Participation -- 6: Printer's apprentice: Ben Franklin and youth speech -- 7: Youth in the civil rights movement: John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb -- Part 3: Equality Principle: Stories Of Equal Opportunity -- 8: Old maids and little women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather -- 9: Breaking the prison of disability: Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven" -- Part 4: Dignity Principle: Stories Of Resistance And Resilience -- 10: Hide and survive: Anne Frank and "Liu" -- 11: Children at work: newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn" -- Part 5: Protection Principle: Stories Of Guilt And Innocence -- 12: Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie" -- 13: Age and the idea of innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate -- Conclusion: Future of rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN 9781400829651 (electronic bk.)
1400829658 (electronic bk.)
0691126909
9780691126906
0691146217
9780691146218
Author Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945- author.
Series The public square book series
Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
Subject Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
Children's rights -- United States -- History.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
African American children -- Civil rights -- History.

Subject Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
Children's rights -- United States -- History.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
African American children -- Civil rights -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
text file rda
Contents Illustrations -- Foreword / Ruth O'Brien -- Preface -- Introduction: Ain't I a person? -- 1: How to think about childhood -- 2: How to think about children's rights -- Part 1: Privacy Principle: Stories Of Bondage And Belonging -- 3: Boys in slavery and servitude: Frederick Douglass -- 4: Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender: Dred Scott's daughters -- 5: Growing up in state custody: "Tony" and "John G" -- Part 2: Agency Principle: Stories Of Voice And Participation -- 6: Printer's apprentice: Ben Franklin and youth speech -- 7: Youth in the civil rights movement: John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb -- Part 3: Equality Principle: Stories Of Equal Opportunity -- 8: Old maids and little women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather -- 9: Breaking the prison of disability: Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven" -- Part 4: Dignity Principle: Stories Of Resistance And Resilience -- 10: Hide and survive: Anne Frank and "Liu" -- 11: Children at work: newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn" -- Part 5: Protection Principle: Stories Of Guilt And Innocence -- 12: Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie" -- 13: Age and the idea of innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate -- Conclusion: Future of rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN 9781400829651 (electronic bk.)
1400829658 (electronic bk.)
0691126909
9780691126906
0691146217
9780691146218

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