A History of American Childhood

American History Hit

School, play and much less work: the idealised childhood is a very separate part of life. But how did it come to be so? And why is this perhaps more pronounced in American society than anywhere else?


Don is joined by Todd Brewster to talk about the creation and possible demise of childhood in the United States, and how we can study it using photographs. Todd's book is ‘American Childhood: A Photographic History’.


Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Siobhan Dale. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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2023-07-17 25 min

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