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The End of American Childhood: A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child Condition:Like New with plots that revel inHow American childhood and parenting have changed from the nation's founding to the present. The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present day. Renowned historian Paula Fass shows how, since the beginning of the American republic, independence, self definition, and individual success have informed Americans' attitudes toward children. But as parents