Title Child soldiers in the Western imagination : from patriots to victims / David M. Rosen

Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Series The Rutgers series in childhood studies Contents Chapter 1. A Tale of Two Orphans -- Chapter 2. The Struggle over Child Recruitment -- Chapter 3. Child Soldiers in World War II -- Chapter 4. The Child Soldier in Popular Culture -- Chapter 5. Modern Child Soldiers -- Chapter 6. The Politics and Culture of Childhood Vulnerability Summary In this daring new study, anthropologist David M. Rosen investigates how our perceptions of the child soldier have changed radically over the past two centuries. Examining everything from Andrew Jackson's time as an adolescent prisoner of war to the shared etymology of the words "infantry" and "infant," Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination offers a cure for our widespread historical amnesia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Child soldiers. Children and war. Child soldiers -- History Children and war -- History Child soldiers -- Case studies Children and war -- Case studies Children -- Cross-cultural studies HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Child soldiers Children Children and war Kind Soldat Wahrnehmung Genre/Form Case studies Cross-cultural studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813563725 0813563720

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