American Childhood, Risks and Realities

Language: English

Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1995

081352170X / 9780813521701

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New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995. Appears unread. Fine condition. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. First Edition. Selected bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. "A Rutgers urban studies and community health professor, Schneider is well qualified to make sense of the welter of data about how U.S. children live and die, flourish and flounder today. Throughout our history, she notes, 'the concept of childhood [has] expanded or contracted depending on the political needs of special interest groups,' but childhood was and remains 'a variable experience deeply dependent upon race, ethnicity, and family income.' As she compiles information about the health, education, and social and economic risks American children face today, Schneider goes beyond statistical averages to pursue 'differences in risk based on age, gender, race, ethnicity, and geography' and uses stories of how these abstract risks affect the lives of individual kids to bring her analysis to life. In response to deficit hawks and budget buzzards, she holds that it 'is' possible to identify the children at greatest risk and that we 'know' which programs are most likely to be cost-effective in reducing the risks they face. The real question, she argues, is not what we should do, but how much we are willing to spend to reduce the current risk levels for American children." -- Mary Carroll in BOOKLIST. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. viii, 222pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

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Title
American Childhood, Risks and Realities
Author
Schneider, Dona
Publisher
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Publication year
1995
Condition
Fine condition
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No jacket, probably as issued
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
081352170X
ISBN 13
9780813521701
Edition
First Edition.

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