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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

Hardback. This volume explores the manifold relations between nation and childhood. Millei and Imre bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to address pressing questions about the regulation of childhood through national agendas, ideals of childhood and their role in national projects, and accounts of children's life as national subjects. Editor(s): Millei, Zsuzsa; Imre, Robert. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137477828
ISBN
9781137477828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.95

Hardcover. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. Editor(s): Rannevig, Traustadottir; Ytterhus, Borgun; Egilson, Snaefridur Thora; Berg, Berit. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFFG; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137032638
ISBN
9781137032638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.82

Paperback. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. Editor(s): Traustadottir, Rannveig; Ytterhus, Borgun; Egilson, S.; Berg, B. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349441181
ISBN
9781349441181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.70

Paperback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book, now in paperback, offers new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's 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: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442222
ISBN
9781137442222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.98

Hardback. 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 children's 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; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227835
ISBN
9780230227835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.74

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

€ 61.98

Hardcover. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137432773
ISBN
9781137432773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.12

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

€ 41.99
€ 41.96

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Connor, Jane; Mercer, John. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138855298
ISBN
9781138855298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.08

Hardcover. Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements to lifespan? Predictions vary, but children's status as human embodiments of the future puts them at the centre of attempts to shape the world and the discipline of childhood studies can therefore make a critical and creative contribution to future-making. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; RNPG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252271
ISBN
9780230252271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.98

Paperback. Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements to lifespan? Predictions vary, but children's status as human embodiments of the future puts them at the centre of attempts to shape the world and the discipline of childhood studies can therefore make a critical and creative contribution to future-making. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JPQB; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321889
ISBN
9781349321889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.13

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

€ 22.93

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

€ 64.97

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
€ 18.42

Paperback. For this study, Bell held interviews with over 100 of Childerley's residents, exploring their perspectives on class, gender and politics. He found that most felt a moral ambivalence over class and felt that by living close to nature they had an alternative - the identity of a "country person". Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041988
ISBN
9780226041988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

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