Children in Colonial America (Children and Youth in America)

by JamesMarten (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $105.61

  Examines various aspects of childhood in American colonies between the late sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries. This title features essays that observe a diverse cross-section of children - from indigenous peoples of the east coast and Mexico to Dutch-born children of the Plymouth colony and African-born offspring of slaves in the Caribbean.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $35.94

  Examines the aspects of childhood in the American colonies between the late sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries. This work contains essays and documents that shed light on the ways in which the process of colonization shaped childhood, and in turn how the experience of children affected life in colonial America.