{"product_id":"book-1896","title":"The Disappearance of Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman 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. Informative, alarming, and aphoristic, \u003cem\u003eThe Disappearance of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph of history and prophecy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49313557250352,"sku":"BD1896","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1896-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775530181","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1896","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}