The disappearance of childhood
by Neil Postman
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"From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today--and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood."--Page 4 of cover.
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The Disappearance of Childhood
April 1997, Blackstone Audiobooks
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in English
- Unabridged edition
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The disappearance of childhood
1994, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
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The disappearance of childhood
1985, W.H. Allen, Ebury Publishing
in English
0863790380 9780863790386
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The disappearance of childhood
1984, Dell Pub. Co., Dell Publishing
in English
0440319455 9780440319450
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-166) and index.
Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, 1982. With new preface.
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Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of childhood is being destroyed.
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