Peter Nathaniel Stearns is a professor at George Mason University, where he was provost from January 1, 2000 to July 2014. Stearns was chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (now named Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences) at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, he founded and edited the Journal of Social History. While at Carnegie Mellon, he developed a pioneering approach to teaching World History, and has contributed to the field as well through editing, and contributing to, the Routledge series, Themes in World History. He is also known for various work on the nature and impact of the industrial revolution and for exploration of new topics, particularly in the history of emotions. He is active in historical groups such as the American Historical Association, the Society for French Historical Studies, the Social Science History Association and the International Society for Research on Emotion.
kitab谋n benim i莽in en ilgi 莽ekici yan谋 莽ocukluk kavram谋n谋n yaz谋m谋nda, tarihinin aktar谋m谋nda bat谋 odakl谋 ve modernizmi ba艧at noktaya koyan yakla艧谋m谋n z谋dd谋 bi y枚n i艧lemesi. yazar, avc谋 - toplay谋c谋, tar谋m toplumundan ba艧layarak k眉reselle艧meye kadar getirdi臒i uzun bi tarihsel 莽izgi i艧liyor. buna ek olarak sadece bat谋'da, avrupa'da olu艧an kavramsal geli艧me d谋艧谋nda 眉莽眉nc眉 d眉nya 眉lkelerindeki geli艧imleri tart谋艧mas谋.
odak noktas谋 okulla艧ma, 莽ocuk i艧莽ili臒inin azalt谋lmas谋, d眉艧眉k do臒um oranlar谋 ve bebek 枚l眉mlerini azaltma y枚n眉ndeki 莽al谋艧malarla 莽ocuklu臒a yakla艧谋m ve kavram谋n geli艧iminin tart谋艧谋lmas谋. bat谋 odakl谋 klasik yakla艧谋mlar d谋艧谋nda farkl谋 bi bak谋艧 a莽谋s谋 i莽in 枚nemli bi el kitab谋.
Although this writing was a little wordy, dry, repetitive, and obvious, I did enjoy the interesting tidbits and insights offered in this book, such as the assertion that older Egyptian children watch Sesame Street for different reasons than younger American kids. I enjoyed the cultural comparisons and how the book focuses on the pros and cons of agricultural, hunter-gatherer, and modern childhood. It's semi-biased towards modernity, but the author attempts to present nonbiased information.
The most interesting thing about this book was perhaps what it left out: the church. It was as if religion mattered very little in the history of childhood.
This book gives you a real sense that it's over, modernity is It, globalism is inevitable, school will be forever, and these things are Good. Fantastic propaganda.
The destruction of the family benefits the larger group, the destruction of the blood family is what enables the creation of the nation family. The best and brightest no longer serve their blood relations, they serve their nation.
Making it illegal for children to work makes it hard/inadvisable for poor people to have children. It is the key in lowering birth rates among the lower classes (though it ends up lowering birth rates in all classes).
This book was frustrating to read and would have been better off describing world history by area rather than trying to include all places at once. Author is selling globalism, trying to make a global history, but it just comes off as a mess.