{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-childhood","title":"The Disappearance of Childhood","description":"From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today−and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood.\n\nDeftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman, author of Technopoly, suggests that childhood is a relatively recent invention, which came into being as the new medium of print imposed divisions between children and adults. But now these divisions are eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into popular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds.\n\nInformative, alarming, and aphorisitc, The Disappearance of Childhood is a triumph of history and prophecy.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679751661\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679751661.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Postman, Neil\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41500184412218,"sku":"DBV.0679751661.VG","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679751661-0.jpg?v=1783058246","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-disappearance-of-childhood","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}