| Description |
xvii, 260 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
NetLibrary, Inc
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. A New Paradigm for the Sociology of Childhood? Provenance, Promise and Problems / Alan Prout and Allison James -- Ch. 2. Constructions and Reconstructions of British Childhood: An Interpretative Survey, 1800 to the Present / Harry Hendrick -- Ch. 3. Psychology and the Cultural Construction of Children's Needs -- Postscript /Martin Woodhead -- Ch. 4. A Voice for Children in Statistical and Social Accounting: A Plea for Children's Right to be Heard -- Postscript / Jens Qvortrup -- Ch. 5. It's a Small World: Disneyland, the Family and the Multiple Re-representations of American Childhood / Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg -- Ch. 6. Negotiating Childhood: Changing Constructions of Age for Norwegian Children / Anne Solberg -- Ch. 7. Street Children: Deconstructing a Construct --Postscript / Benno Glauser -- Ch. 8. Who Are You Kidding? Children, Power and the Struggle Against Sexual Abuse / Jenny Kitzinger |
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Ch. 9. Childhood and the Policy Makers: A Comparative Perspective on the Globalization of Childhood --Postscript / Jo Boyden -- Ch. 10. Re-presenting Childhood: Time and Transition in the Study of Childhood / Allison James and Alan Prout |
| Summary |
This edition of James and Prout's seminal work on childhood study contains a collection of articles which draw on a variety of disciplines to show how childhood is constructed in society, and the direction in which childhood study is moving |
| Notes |
First ed. published in 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
SOCE |
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Previous ed.: 1990 |
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Children -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Children.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison [MESH]
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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| Author |
James, Allison.
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Prout, Alan.
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Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
97198178 |
| ISBN |
0750705965 (paper : acid-free) |
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0750707038 (cased : acid-free) |
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