Steven Mintz

Columbia University

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Professor of History at Columbia University and director of its American Cultures Program; author of Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood and Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life

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A recent issue of the New Yorker magazine contains the comment: "With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-revolutionary France,…

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A recent issue of the New Yorker magazine contains the comment: "With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-revolutionary France,…

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Are American Kids Spoiled Rotten?

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Last week's issue of the New Yorker magazine contains this comment: "With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-revolutionary France,…

Are American Kids Spoiled Rotten?

Last week's issue of the New Yorker magazine contains this comment: "With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-revolutionary France,…

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