Focusing on the often-overlooked perspectives of children and teenagers during the American Revolution, this book explores their active roles in boycotts and battles leading to independence. It highlights their courageous actions over eight years of conflict and examines the social changes that followed the war. The Revolution not only disrupted traditional patriarchal authority but also empowered these young individuals, granting them newfound autonomy and a sense of responsibility in shaping their futures.
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- 2006
- 2001
Journeys from Childhood to Midlife
- 236 pages
- 9 hours of reading
In a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of approximately five hundred men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A third of... schovat popis
- 2000
Through the eyes of innocents
- 271 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Diaries, letters, and journals help chronicle the experiences of children whose lives were greatly affected by the events of World War II
- 1992
Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who have been monitored from the prenatal period through early adulthood by psychologists...