Learning to forget : schooling and family life in New Haven's working class, 1870-1940 / Stephen Lassonde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lassonde, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History--20th century.

Working class.

Working class--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History--19th century.

Immigrants--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History--20th century.

Home and school--Connecticut--New Haven--History--20th century.

Home and school.

Home and school--Connecticut--New Haven--History--19th century.

Italian American children--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History--20th century.

Italian American children.

Italian American children--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an insightful view of the complex relations between home and school in the working-class immigrant Italian community of New Haven, Connecticut. Through the lenses of history, sociology, and education, Learning to Forget presents a highly readable account of cross-generational experiences during the period from 1870 to 1940, chronicling one generation's suspicions toward public education and another's need to assimilate. Through careful research Lassonde finds that not all working class parents were enthusiastic supporters of education. Not only did the time and energy spent in school restrict children's potential financial contributions to the family, but attitudes that children encountered in school often ran counter to the family's traditional values. Legally mandated education and child labor laws eventually resolved these conflicts, but not without considerable reluctance and resistance.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1. IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS: ECONOMIC AND RESIDENTIAL CHANGE IN NEW HAVEN, 1850-1930

2. LEARNING AND EARNING: SCHOOLING, JUVENILE EMPLOYMENT, AND THE EARLY LIFE COURSE IN LATE-NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW HAVEN

3. THE PAINFUL CONTRAST: ITALIAN IMMIGRANT CHILDREN AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL

4. HANDS TO MOUTHS: THE CHANGING ECONOMY OF GIVING AND TAKING IN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

5. FROM COURTSHIP TO DATING: THE MARRIAGE MARKET, SCHOOLING, AND THE FAMILY ECONOMY

6. THE LANDSCAPE OF AMBITION: GEOGRAPHY, ETHNICITY, AND CLASS IN CHILDREN'S SCHOOL EXPERIENCES

7. "TOO GOOD FOR THAT": EFFORT AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE "NEW" HIGH SCHOOL

CONCLUSION: ELM CITY'S YOUTH

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611729233

9781281729231

128172923X

9780300128901

0300128908

OCLC:

952732374