Growing Up: The History of Childhood in Global Context

About the Author

About the Author PETER STEARNS received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Editor of the Journal of Social History, he is also a prolific author, having recently published The Battleground of Desire: The Struggle for Self-Control in Modern America; Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in Western Society; Gender in World History; and World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity. Dr. Stearns also is editor of the recently published six-volume Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000. He is active in several professional organizations including the American Historical Society, the Society of French Historical Studies, the Social Science History Association, and the International Society for Research on Emotion. He is currently provost at George Mason University, bringing to that position nearly 40 years of professional experience in higher education, both as a teacher and an administrator. Previous Charles Edmondson Historical Lecturers *Paul K. Conkin, University of Wisconsin, 1977–1978: “American Christianity in Crisis: Religious Rationalism and Darwinism.” *Walter LaFeber, Cornell University, 1979–1980: “The Third Cold War: Kissinger Years and Carter Years.” *Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago, 1980–1981: “Religious Crises in Modern America: Modernism and Fundamentalism.” **William H. McNeill, University of Chicago, 1981–1982: “The Great Frontier: Freedom and Hierarchy in Modern Times.” Robert L. Heilbroner, The New School for Social Research, 1982–1983: “Capitalism in Transition: The T wentieth Century.” C. Vann Woodward, Yale University, emeritus, 1983–1984: “Continuing Themes in Southern History: The Strange Career of Jim Crow, 1954–1984; and The Burden of Southern History, 1952–1984” *William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984–1985: “The 1984 Presidential Election in Historical Perspective: From Civil War to the New Deal; From Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan.” Peter Gay, Yale University, 1985–1986: “Aggression: T oward a Theory of Aggression,” and “Humor: Aggression at Work.” *Gordon S. Wood, Brown University, 1986–1987: The Making of the Constitution.” Gerder Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987–1988: “Sex and Class: A Revisionist Perspective.” *Robert Darnton, Princeton University, 1988–1989: “The French Revolution at Street Level” and “From Enlightenment to Revolution.” *Stephen B. Oates, University of Massachusetts, 1989–1990: “Biography: The Heart of History” and “How the Trumpet Came to Sound: The Process and Perils of Writing a Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.” *Dan T. Carter, Emory University 1990–1991: “George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and the Transformation of American Politics.” *Geoffrey A. Hosking, University of London, 1991–1992: “Empire and Nation in Russian History.” *Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University, 1992–1993: “Soul Murder and Slavery.” *Philip D. Curtin, Johns Hopkins University, 1993–1994: “Why People Move: Migration in African History.” *Franklin W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University, 1994–1995: “Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Latin American and the Caribbean.” *Jonathan D. Spence, Yale University, 1995–1996: “The Taiping Vision of a Christian China, 1836–1864.” *David N. Cannadine, Columbia University, 1996–1997: “Britain in Decline?” *Alan Brinkley, Columbia University, 1997–1998: “Culture and Politics in the Great Depression.” Leon F. Litwack, University of California, Berkeley, 1998–1999: “Wade in the Water: African Americans and Race Relations.” *Geoffrey Parker, Ohio State University, 1999–2000: “The World is Not Enough: The Imperial Vision of Philip II of Spain.” Linda Kerber, University of Iowa, 2000–2001: “Gender and Inequality.” *Yvonne Haddad, Georgetown University, 2001–2002: “Not Quite Americans? The Shaping of Arab and Muslim Identity in the United States.” Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002–2003: “Imagining Life in the Americas.” *David J. Weber, Southern Methodist University, 2003–2004: “Spanish Bourbons and Wild Indians.” *Peter N. Stearns, George Mason University, 2004–2005: “Growing Up: The History of Childhood in a Global Context” *Printed copies are available from Baylor University Press **Printed copies are available from Princeton University Press ...