FRSEMR 35o - Archives of Childhood: Growing Up with the United States

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

The United States is a young nation. As both historical actors and evocative symbols, children and ideas about childhood are and have been a central part of American history and cultural life. This interdisciplinary seminar draws upon many different archives of childhood from diaries and photographs to toys and memorials to consider the ways diverse children's experiences and representations have shaped American life from the eighteenth century through the 1970s.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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