A number of curious communities sprang up across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: simulated cities, states, and nations in

Because childhood is not only culturally but also legally and biologically understood as a period of dependency, it has been easy to dismiss children as histori

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From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their children to live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthful curiosity as i