Author: KidCaps
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1621075966
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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In this book, we will be learning more about the Cold War, and we will talk what were the things that motivated the two countries to compete with each other for over 40 years. You will find sections in here that divide up our study of the Cold War into six different main ideas. Find out about this exciting and complex period of time in this kid's book.
Author: Jonathan Schell
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804737029
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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These two books, which helped focus national attention on the movement for a nuclear freeze, are published in one volume.
Author: Marilyn Irvin Holt
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 070061964X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Today we take it for granted that political leaders and presidential administrations will address issues related to children and teenagers. But in the not-so-distant past, politicians had little to say, and federal programs less to do with children—except those of very specific populations. This book shows how the Cold War changed all that. Against the backdrop of the postwar baby boom, and the rise of a distinct teen culture, Cold War Kids unfolds the little-known story of how politics and federal policy expanded their influence in shaping children’s lives and experiences—making way for the youth-attuned political culture that we’ve come to expect. In the first part of the twentieth century, narrow and incremental policies focused on children were the norm. And then, in the postwar years, monumental events such as the introduction of the Salk vaccine or the Soviet launch of Sputnik delivered jolts to the body politic, producing a federal response that included all children. Cold War Kids charts the changes that followed, making the mid-twentieth century a turning point in federal action directly affecting children and teenagers. With the 1950 and 1960 White House Conferences on Children and Youth as a framework, Marilyn Irvin Holt examines childhood policy and children’s experience in relation to population shifts, suburbia, divorce and family stability, working mothers, and the influence of television. Here we see how the government, driven by a Cold War mentality, was becoming ever more involved in aspects of health, education, and welfare even as the baby boom shaped American thought, promoting societal acceptance of the argument that all children, not just the poorest and neediest, merited their government’s attention. This period, largely viewed as a time of “stagnation” in studies of children and childhood after World War II, emerges in Holt’s cogent account as a distinct period in the history of children in America.
Author: Gonda Van Steen
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472038818
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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Reveals the history of how 3,000 Greek children were shipped to the United States for adoption in the postwar period
Author: Eugene Yelchin
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536222348
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia. Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents’ dream that he become a national hero when he doesn’t even have his own room? He’s not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive table, and the doodles that could change everything. With equal amounts charm and solemnity, award-winning author and artist Eugene Yelchin recounts in hilarious detail his childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.
Author: Marilyn Irvin Holt
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 070061964X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Today we take it for granted that political leaders and presidential administrations will address issues related to children and teenagers. But in the not-so-distant past, politicians had little to say, and federal programs less to do with children—except those of very specific populations. This book shows how the Cold War changed all that. Against the backdrop of the postwar baby boom, and the rise of a distinct teen culture, Cold War Kids unfolds the little-known story of how politics and federal policy expanded their influence in shaping children’s lives and experiences—making way for the youth-attuned political culture that we’ve come to expect. In the first part of the twentieth century, narrow and incremental policies focused on children were the norm. And then, in the postwar years, monumental events such as the introduction of the Salk vaccine or the Soviet launch of Sputnik delivered jolts to the body politic, producing a federal response that included all children. Cold War Kids charts the changes that followed, making the mid-twentieth century a turning point in federal action directly affecting children and teenagers. With the 1950 and 1960 White House Conferences on Children and Youth as a framework, Marilyn Irvin Holt examines childhood policy and children’s experience in relation to population shifts, suburbia, divorce and family stability, working mothers, and the influence of television. Here we see how the government, driven by a Cold War mentality, was becoming ever more involved in aspects of health, education, and welfare even as the baby boom shaped American thought, promoting societal acceptance of the argument that all children, not just the poorest and neediest, merited their government’s attention. This period, largely viewed as a time of “stagnation” in studies of children and childhood after World War II, emerges in Holt’s cogent account as a distinct period in the history of children in America.
Author: Jim Whiting
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
ISBN: 1545749337
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The United States and the Soviet Union were two of the nations that defeated Nazi Germany in World War II. Yet their systems of government were completely different. These differences soon developed into the Cold War. Both sides became bitter enemies. But there was no actual fighting. That situation nearly changed in 1961. The Soviets secretly installed missiles with nuclear warheads in Cuba. These missiles could reach many cities in the United States. When President John F. Kennedy learned about these weapons, he confronted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. The world teetered on the brink of a nuclear war. This is the story of that chilling event.
Author: Nathanael West
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811202152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Two classic short stories, one about a male reporter who writes an advice column, and the other, about people who have migrated to California in expectation of health and ease.
Author: Keith Goodman
Publisher: English Reading Tree
ISBN: 9781521353127
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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The Cold War Explained for Kids The 'For Kids' series has been produced for children of seven and over. It is the perfect answer to move your child away from simple picture books to start enjoying and learning from more challenging reading material. Every book in the series is an exciting story that will boost reading confidence and introduce active and motivating vocabulary. Parental support is necessary to get the best out of the English Reading Tree Series. This is a crossover between picture books and chapter books. There are some images, but it has been written for the child to focus on words and their meaning. All of the books are fast-paced to keep children engaged. There is also a fun quiz that can be played to give you an accurate idea of how much he or she has learned. What people are saying about the English Reading Tree Excellent books that not only improve reading ability but educate: Goodreads Very well presented and I particularly enjoy the quiz at the end: Post Online Simple, easy to read and full of interesting facts. What more can a parent ask? Island EBooks The English Reading Tree is a series of Children's books that have been written to educate and entertain.
Author: Margaret Peacock
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469618575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War
