picturing childhood from early America to the present
Thompson, Kathleen
2003
Presents over three hundred photos and illustrations of children in America from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, and includes letter excerpts and historical background. Covers such themes as children in family life, in communities, at work and play, and in the making of America.
Examines the life of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet who won a place at the court of the Viceroy of New Spain before deciding to renounce all worldly possessions and become a nun.