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Paperback. Investigating the social factors that make up the knowledge of children and childhood, this book aims to promote a greater appreciation of this stage of life. Viewing childhood from a social constructionist perspective, it gives a framework through which to understand private attitudes and public policy in relation to the child. Series: Key Ideas. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415341677
ISBN
9780415341677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Drawing both on micro and macro, national and comparative studies, this volume traces some of the trends and analyzes in comparative perspective how they affect images and practices of childhood and transforms responsibilities for children. Editor(s): Leira, Arnlaug; Saraceno, Chiara. Series Editor(s): Enjolras, Bernard; Sivesind, Karl Henrik. Series: Comparative Social Research. Num Pages: 424 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781901564
ISBN
9781781901564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Brooker, E.; Alanen, Leena (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland); Mayall, Berry. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBA; JHBK; JN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349481040
ISBN
9781349481040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.90

Paperback. * A broad--ranging introductory guide to key issues in the study of childhood. * Approaches childhood studies from an interdisciplinary and multi--professional perspective. * Presents the basics of psychology, social welfare, education, health, law, culture, rights, politics, and economics as they relate to children. Editor(s): Wyse, Dominic. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233978
ISBN
9780631233978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.51

Paperback. Without a deeper understanding of poverty as a lived experience in childhood, policies targeted at eradicating child poverty may fail. This book presents an opportunity to understand the issues and concerns that low-income children themselves identify as important. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861343628
ISBN
9781861343628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.84

paperback. Editor(s): Naumovic, Slobodan; Jovanovic, Miroslav. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lit Verlag
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825864392
ISBN
9783825864392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.58

paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
David Phillips Publishers South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864861177
ISBN
9780864861177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. An anthology which explores how American children have been defined and continuously redefined throughout history. It ranges from 17th-century ministers to Drs Benjamin Spock and Barry Brazelton, and from the poems of Anne Bradstreet to the writings of young people today. Editor(s): Fass, Paula S.; Mason, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 725 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726938
ISBN
9780814726938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770252
ISBN
9780814770252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724965
ISBN
9780814724965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844450756
ISBN
9781844450756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.25

Paperback. Addresses moralising within discourses of childhood and youth and asks how we might do things differently. Editor(s): Clapton, Gary. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447321941
ISBN
9781447321941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.09

Paperback. An interpretation of human life on psychological lines. Using case histories as springboards for theoretical discussion of the formative years of childhood, Professor Erikson identifies human life as a delicate balance between bodily, mental and social influences. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532910
ISBN
9780099532910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Aims to confront expectations of childhood with expectations of old age. This anthology focuses on preconceptions of age and on the ways in which man, at different times and in different cultures, has dealt with age. It also attempt to answer questions about age in the future, where biological lifespans will be challenged by gene technology. Editor(s): Povlsen, Jorgen; De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Mellemgaard, Signe. Num Pages: 213 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778384904
ISBN
9788778384904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.53

Editor(s): Knorr, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899423846
ISBN
9783899423846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

paperback. "In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the commercialisation of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on childrens engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings"-- Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JHBL; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349309788
ISBN
9781349309788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.50

Paperback. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 451 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 664. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. 454 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight: 724.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
451
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521248969
ISBN
9780521248969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

Paperback. What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the changing nature of adult - child relations, and political and cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first century. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662350
ISBN
9780745662350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.38

Hardcover. What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the changing nature of adult - child relations, and political and cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first century. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745662343
ISBN
9780745662343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 141 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC; JNC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880102698
ISBN
9780880102698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

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