Product Description

A pioneering effort to reinvent the way we look at history and childhood, this book views the experiences of ordinary children through the lens of developmental psychology. Tuttle argues that the Second World War left an indelible imprint on the dreams and nightmares of an American generation, not ony in childhood, but adulthood as well.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2649868 in Books
• Published on: 1995-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.26 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review

"An exemplary combination of solid primary source-work, elegant readability, and theoretical creativity, William Tuttle's Daddy's Gone to War will be of particular interest to historians of childhood and the life course, and of potentially more generl interest to anyone born in the United States between the mid-1930s and the mid-1940s."--Journal of Social History
"This analysis of testimony from more than 2,000 is a valuable and moving book."--The New York Times Book Review
"In a felicitous synthesis of history, sociology, psychology, and anthropology, Tuttle represents in rich detail the intersection between public events and the way young children perceived them during World War II. Identifying differences of class, race, religion, age, gender, and geographical and ethnic background, Tuttle describes the psychic landscape and the challenges that shaped a generation of children now entering its 50s....Artful and absorbing."--Kirkus Reviews
"Well written, balanced....The h