Jeffrey C Sanders

Razing Kids

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing the linked histories of childhood, the West, and the environment after World War II, Razing Kids argues that in wartime mobilization, post-war defense, public health, anti-poverty programs, and environmental activism, adults consistently paired youth and environment with their visions of the social and environmental good.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781107527546
• ISBN-10: 1107527546
• Artikelnr.: 59512606

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey C. Sanders is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Washington State University. He is the author of Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability: Inventing Ecotopia (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Bulldozer in the playground
1. 'They build strong children with well bodies': building child-centered landscapes
2. 'From bomb to bone': youth bodies and postwar ecology
3. 'Saving trees, land, and boys': juveniles, nature, and the carceral state
4. In loco parentis: runaways and 'the right to the city'
5. 'Save the family farm': child labor, pesticides, and green consumerism
Epilogue: Kids today.