HIST 1080 Lecture : Sept. 27 - Child-Rearing and Nation-Building .docx

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1080
• Professor: Molly Ladd- Taylor

Document Summary

Tutorial: victoria bissell brown & timothy shannon, family values . Ideas about gender or who controls play. One main argument and a series of subpoints. Prescribing how you should behave (prescriptive literature) 18th century was major period of transformation. Mintz argues that youth has more autonomy. More geographic mobility, economic abilities, religious revivals, Autonomy is a factor within the american revolution. 52% of population was white and under 16. Babies are innately sinful bc of adam and eve (original sin) Babies had to be made to progress through each stage of development. Boys 14 could serve on jury as long as u owned property. Optimistic belief of science and reason to understand. Before 1800 no one questioned legitimacy of king. Industrialization creating separation between home and work. John locke (foundational theorist of liberal democracy and opposition to authroitiatism) All government is derived from the consent of the government.