A stunning collection of photographs that reveals the diverse and powerful impact that children have had on America.
Illuminating a vital but all-too-often neglected part of our nation's past, America's Children is the first comprehensive visual history of its kind. Kathleen Thompson and Hilary Mac Austin have assembled a remarkable collection of images from museums and archives all over the country. The book includes over 300 duotone photographs—from renowned photographers such as Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis as well as from many unknown artists, some of whose work has never been published before. America's Children also offers journal entries, letters, and diaries that run alongside the photographs, allowing the nation's children, past and present, to be heard in their own words. The result is a brilliantly revisionist work of great historical significance that takes us from the plantations of the South to the battlefields of the Civil War to the migrant camps of the Depression and beyond, revealing the central—and quite adult—role that children have played and continue to play in American society. 350 duotone photographs.
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