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The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 2008

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E-ISSN: 1941-3599 Print ISSN: 1939-6724

Table of Contents

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Introduction
pp. 317-318

Object Lesson

Playing with Dolls
pp. 321-328

Essays: Children's Rights

The Perils of Innocence, or What’s Wrong with Putting Children First
pp. 331-350
Children’s Rights and Children’s Action in International Relief and Domestic Welfare: The Work of Herbert Hoover Between 1914 and 1950
pp. 351-388

Contemporary Children: The Convention on the Rights of the Child

A Cultural Bridge, Not an Imposition: Legitimizing Children’s Rights in the Eyes of Local Communities
pp. 391-413
“Do Your Promises and Tell the Truth. Treat us with Respect”: Realizing the Rights of Children and Young People in Northern Ireland
pp. 414-442

Book Reviews

Review Essay: The Russianists Love Their Children, Too
pp. 445-458
Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture (review)
pp. 459-461
Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860–1920 (review)
pp. 462-464
Female Adolescence in American Scientific Thought, 1830–1930 (review)
pp. 465-468
Children at Play: An American History (review)
pp. 469-471
Cumhuriyet’te Çocuktular [They Were Children in the Republic] (review)
pp. 472-474
Nightmare’s Fairy Tale: A Young Refugee’s Home Fronts, 1938–1948 (review)
pp. 475-477
Children’s Health Issues in Historical Perspective (review)
pp. 478-480
Invisible Hands: Child Labor and the State in Colonial Zimbabwe (review)
pp. 481-483

Contributors

Contributors
pp. 485-486

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