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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This timely volume offers an in-depth theoretical analysis of children's experiences growing up with mobile internet technologies. Drawing on up-to-date research, it explores the relationship between childhood as a social and cultural construction and the plethora of mobile internet technologies which have become ubiquitous in everyday life. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137292520
ISBN
9781137292520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.67

Paperback. This timely volume offers an in-depth theoretical analysis of children's experiences growing up with mobile internet technologies. Drawing on up-to-date research, it explores the relationship between childhood as a social and cultural construction and the plethora of mobile internet technologies which have become ubiquitous in everyday life. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349450947
ISBN
9781349450947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.56

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

€ 61.39

Hardback. This collection is an engaging exploration of how Bourdieu's key concepts - field, habitus and capital - help us re-think the status of childhood. The authors are committed to improving the social status and well-being of childhood in social, economic and political worlds that too often fail to accord children respect for their human rights. Editor(s): Alanen, Leena (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland); Brooker, E.; Mayall, Berry. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384737
ISBN
9781137384737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.28

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

€ 56.24

Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Boyden, Jo; Bourdillon, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230319240
ISBN
9780230319240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.22

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
€ 32.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Bourdillon, Michael; Boyden, Jo. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339822
ISBN
9781349339822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.43

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
€ 23.45

Hardback. The first book-length look at childhood in Edwardian fiction, this book challenges assumptions that the Edwardian period was simply a continuation of the Victorian or the start of the Modern. Exploring both classics and popular fiction, the authors provide a a compelling picture of the Edwardian fictional cult of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, Dr. Adrienne; Humphries, Andrew F. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221611
ISBN
9780230221611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.04

paperback. The first book-lengthlook atchildhood in Edwardian fiction, this book challengesassumptions that the Edwardian period was simply a continuation of the Victorian or the start of the Modern. Exploring both classics and popular fiction, the authors provide a a compellingpicture of the Edwardian fictional cult of childhood." Editor(s): Gavin, A.; Humphries, Andrew F. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2009
SKU
V9781349307159
ISBN
9781349307159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.03

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
€ 18.25

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
€ 35.80

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
€ 31.30

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

€ 91.05

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
€ 44.02

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

€ 15.91

Hardback. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137551290
ISBN
9781137551290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.25

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
€ 14.86

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
€ 23.26

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