{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-childhood","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.  Deftly 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 poprular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds.  Informative  alarming  and aphorisitc  The Disappearance of Childhood is a triumph of history and prophecy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964712874037,"sku":"ByrdShop_0440016916","price":95.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780440016915.jpg?v=1770476453","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-disappearance-of-childhood","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}