Janice Saunders

Cricket's Child, 1945-1955

How I Never Learned to Love the Bomb

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Produktbeschreibung

Centered on a little girl raised in the Appalachian region of North Carolina and then Virginia, Cricket's Child offers a mid-twentieth century social history. The narrative illuminates how historical milestones such as the emergence of a Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union impacted personal experiences in a working class, southern family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9780761839941
• ISBN-10: 0761839941
• Artikelnr.: 23542465

Autorenporträt

Janice Saunders is a retired history professor (Roanoke College). She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Prologue Chapter 3 Work and Angst, Appalachian Style
Chapter 4 Growing Up in Cricket: Murder and Mayhem Chapter 5 "Snug in Bed
on Grandfather's Farm"? Chapter 6 Adjusting to New Home and New Hood
Chapter 7 Lessons Learned in School and Out: Social Class, Sexism, and the
Bomb Chapter 8 Best Friends and the Loss of Naiveté Chapter 9 Repression in
the Bible Belt Chapter 10 Vexatious Pubescence Chapter 11 Epilogue Part 12
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