States of Childhood From the Junior Republic to the American Republic, 1895-1945

• Main Author: Light, Jennifer S. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2020
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: History of the Americas; Age groups: children; Industrial arbitration & negotiation; Labour / income economics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A number of curious communities sprang up across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: simulated cities, states, and nations in which children played the roles of legislators, police officers, bankers, journalists, shopkeepers, and other adults. They performed real wo...