The Disappearance of Childhood - Paperback
by Neil Postman
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679751663ISBN-10:679751661UPC:9780679751663Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, Children's Studies, American GovernmentBook Topic:Marriage & FamilySize:8.00 x 5.16 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.47Product ID:SCGX9F32J5
From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today-and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood. Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman, author of Technopoly, suggests that childhood is a relatively recent invention, which came into being as the new medium of print imposed divisions between children and adults. But now these divisions are eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into popular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds. Informative, alarming, and aphorisitc, The Disappearance of Childhood is a triumph of history and prophecy.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679751663ISBN-10:679751661UPC:9780679751663Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, Children's Studies, American GovernmentBook Topic:Marriage & FamilySize:8.00 x 5.16 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.47Product ID:SCGX9F32J5
Neil Postman was University Professor, Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. Among his twenty books are studies of childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood), public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death), education (Teaching as a Subversive Activity and The End of Education), and the impact of technology (Technopoly). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.
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