Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “steven mintz”
Skip side bar filters

  • Domestic Revolutions

    A Social History Of American Family Life

    by Steven Mintz, Susan Kellogg ...
    An examination of how the concept of “family” has been transformed over the last three centuries in the U.S., from its function as primary social unit to today’s still-evolving model.Based on a wide reading of letters, diaries and other contemporary documents, Mintz, an historian, and Kellogg, an anthropologist, examine the changing definition of “family” in the United States over the course of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Prime of Life

    A History of Modern Adulthood

    by Steven Mintz ...
    "By drawing on 400 years of social and economic history . . . [the book] presents a thoughtful and thorough guide through the life stages." ( Library Journal)Adulthood today is undergoing profound transformations. Men and women wait until their thirties to marry, have children, and establish full-time careers, occupying a prolonged period in which they are no longer adolescents but still lack the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Happiness and Meaning

    Transforming Your Life Through Ethical Behavior

    by Steven Mintz ...
    Should you make provocative comments on social media?Should you act in your own self-interest and ignore others?How can you develop meaningful relationships in life and the workplace?Should you or should you not? These are the questions of ethical behavior. In Beyond Happiness and Meaning, Dr. Steven Mintz will show you how to make decisions that make life worth living. It goes beyond enhancing ... Read more

    $2.95 USD

  • The American Child

    The Transformation of Childhood Since World War II

    by Steven Mintz, Peter N. Stearns ...
    Historical perspective shows that concerns about the "kids these days" are as old as civilization itself. Today's young people are healthier than in the past and less likely to drink, smoke, or engage in reckless sex. The digital age has enabled them to learn, grow, and connect with the world in ways that were previously unimaginable. There is greater acceptance and understanding of diverse ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Learning-Centered University

    Making College a More Developmental, Transformational, and Equitable Experience

    by Steven Mintz ...
    An essential guide to transforming the college experience for student success.In The Learning-Centered University, renowned historian Steven Mintz unveils a comprehensive blueprint for addressing the critical issues of stagnating incomes and productivity, persistent wealth inequalities, and political polarization plaguing colleges and universities today. With practical strategies and a deep ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Huck’s Raft

    A History of American Childhood

    by Steven Mintz ...
    Like Huck’s raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. For more than three centuries, adults have agonized over raising children while children have followed their own paths to development and expression. Now, Steven Mintz gives us the first comprehensive history of American childhood encompassing both the child’s and the adult’s tumultuous early years of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Hollywood's America

    Understanding History Through Film

    by Steven Mintz, Randy W. Roberts, David Welky ...
    Fully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of Hollywood’s America provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents that allows students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events.A new edition of this classic textbook, which ties movies into the broader narrative of US and film historyThis fifth edition contains nine new ... Read more

    $45.00 USD

  • The Boisterous Sea of Liberty

    A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War

    Edited by David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz ...
    Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look at early American history as captured in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Children and Globalization

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Hoda Mahmoudi, Steven Mintz ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    Globalization has carried vast consequences for the lives of children. It has spurred unprecedented waves of immigration, contributed to far-reaching transformations in the organization, structure, and dynamics of family life, and profoundly altered trajectories of growing up. Equally important, globalization has contributed to the world-wide dissemination of a set of international norms about ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Accounting for the Public Interest

    Perspectives on Accountability, Professionalism and Role in Society

    Edited by Steven Mintz ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume explores the opportunities and challenges facing the accounting profession in an increasingly globalized business and financial reporting environment. It looks back at past experiences of the profession in attempting to meet its public interest obligation. It examines the role and responsibilities of accounting to society including regulatory requirements, increased emphasis on ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition

    A History of Social Welfare in America

    by Walter I. Trattner ...
    Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Disability History of the United States

    by Kim E. Nielsen ...
    Series Book 2 - ReVisioning History
    The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the presentDisability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook