Cold War Kids: Politics and Childhood in Postwar America, 19451960
Marilyn Irvin Holt, "Cold War Kids: Politics and Childhood in Postwar America, 19451960"
English | ISBN: 070061964X | 2014 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 070061964X | 2014 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Today we take it for granted that political leaders and presidential administrations will address issues related to children and teenagers. But in the not-so-distant past, politicians had little to say, and federal programs less to do with children—except those of very specific populations. This book shows how the Cold War changed all that. Against the backdrop of the postwar baby boom, and the rise of a distinct teen culture, Cold War Kids unfolds the little-known story of how politics and federal policy expanded their influence in shaping children's lives and experiences—making way for the youth-attuned political culture that we've come to expect.
In the first part of the twentieth century, narrow and incremental policies focused on children were the norm. And then, in the postwar years, monumental events such as the introduction of the Salk vaccine or the Soviet launch of
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