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Book SynopsisTrade Review"More professors need to know about this book. My students enjoy it; in fact, it is probably the most popular text that I have ever used. The coupling of subcultures with theories and concepts of deviance makes it a good teaching device."--Louis 'Pancho' McFarland, Chicago State University "Haenfler does not overwhelm students with advanced theoretical concepts. Yet he does effectively integrate important theoretical concepts into the chapters. Students relate to the material very well."--Gloria Gadsden, New Mexico Highlands University "Goths, Gamers, and Grrrls provides an excellent integration of central concepts in deviance and youth subcultures. Students love Haenfler's writing style. They love how he integrates personal experience with sociological research on the topics. I would recommend this book on the basis of its accessibility, its compelling examples, and its clear and concise presentation of key concepts."--Elizabeth Cherry, Manhattanville CollegeTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Skinheads--The Symbolism of Style and Ritual 3. Punk Rock, Hardcore, and Straight Edge--Status and Hierarchy in Subcultures 4. Hip Hop--"Doing" Gender and Race in Subcultures 5. Heavy Metal--Moral Panics, Satanic Scares, and Moral Entrepreneurs 6. Virginity Pledgers--Religion, Sexual Identity, and Positive Deviance 7. Goth--Stigma and Stigma Management 8. Gamers, Hackers, and Facebook--Computer Cultures, Virtual Community, and Postmodern Identity 9. Riot Grrrls and Fic Writers--Girls Take on the Media 10. Questions and Conclusions--Resistance, Commodification, and Growing Up References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World guides parents in teaching their children how to reap the benefits of living in a digital world while also preventing its negative effects.Trade ReviewThe use of examples like the ones mentioned in the book work so well to engage the reader that reading the book is an enjoyable experience as well as a learning opportunity. There are concrete and doable suggestions for parents to follow that should help to accommodate the use of the new technology while maintaining some of the best practices of the past. * Metapsychology Online Reviews *Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Technology in Our Lives3. Is Our Technology Making Us Any Happier?4. The Pull of Our Screens5. The Effects on Technology on Children and Families6. Press Start: It's About the Relationship7. Green Light Strategies for Prevention8. Yellow Light Strategies for Emerging Concerns9. Red Light Strategies for When Intervention is Necessary10. Parenting, Technology, and SchoolingSummary

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Book SynopsisWhile children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Through the millennia, the age at which a child becomes a youth and a youth becomes an adult has varied by gender, class, religion, ethnicity, place, and economic need. As author James Marten explores in this Very Short Introduction, so too have the realities of childhood, each life shaped by factors such as education, expectation, and conflict (or lack thereof). Indeed, ancient Roman children lived very differently than those born of today''s Generation Z. Experiences of childhood have been shaped in classrooms and on factory floors, in family homes and orphanages, and on battlefields and in front of television sets. In addressing this diversity, The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction takes a global, expansive view of the features of childhood that have shaped childhood throughout history and continue to shape it now. From the rules of Confucian childrearing in twelfth-century China to the struggles of children living as slaves in the Americas or as cotton mill workers in Industrial Age Britain, Marten takes his inspiration from the idea that the lives of children reveal important and sometimes uncomfortable truths about civilization.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: TraditionsChapter Two: RevolutionsChapter Three: The Rise of "Modern" ChildhoodsChapter Four: Creating a Worldview of ChildhoodChapter Five: The Century of the Child and BeyondReferencesFurther ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisA systematic and comparative analysis of youth gangs and the youth gang problem in the United States, this book deals with hands-on issues of policy and programs, describing the strategies and techniques for dealing with gangs employed by criminal justice organizations, social agencies, schools, employment programs, and grass-roots organizations. Spergel combines empirical research, first-hand experience, and a solid theoretical base to expose the causes of the gang problem. Importantly, he recommends strategies that deal with gangs at a community level, using both local and national interests and resources to provide gang members with structured social and economic opportunities. He suggests a variety of specific techniques for dealing with the problem and shows how and why existing strategies have gone wrong. A practical and testable approach to a serious social problem, The Youth Gang Problem is a must-read for government officials, researchers, university instructors, and for anyonTrade ReviewLikely to be a basic resource for students of youth gangs for some time to come. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisWhen Barbara Hanawalt''s acclaimed history The Ties That Bound first appeared, it was hailed for its unprecedented research and vivid re-creation of medieval life. David Levine, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called Hanawalt''s book as stimulating for the questions it asks as for the answers it provides and he concluded that one comes away from this stimulating book with the same sense of wonder that Thomas Hardy''s Angel Clare felt [:] ''The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.'' Now, in Growing Up in Medieval London, Hanawalt again reveals the larger, fuller, more dramatic life of the common people, in this instance, the lives of children in London. Bringing together a wealth of evidence drawn from court records, literary sources, and books of advice, Hanawalt weaves a rich tapestry of the life of London youth during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Much of what she finds is eye opening. She shows for instaTrade Review`densely informative, fluid, and often charming study ... exemplary scholarship that blends traditional painstaking research with contemporary approaches and understanding Kirkus Reviews'Hanawalt skillfully transforms her archival data into a textured, vivid history of youthful experience ... a highly significant contribution to the study of childhood in general as well as an important exploration of a medieval urban culture which collectively exhibited 'growing concern about children and adolescents'.' Marilynn Desmond, History Workshop Journal, Vol 37, Spring 1994the book contains a mass of extremely useful material on the demography, affective relations and household economy of the medieval London family * History Today June 1995 *lively and vigorous survey which justifies her subtitle * D.M. Palliser, The Historical Association 1996 *her book leaves a vivid collection of images of that almost irrecoverable past * Gervase Rosser, St Catherine's College, Oxford, EHR Nov. 96 *

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Book SynopsisAfter decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived, high-crime neighborhood are among the most important factors. There is also a growing body of high quality scientific evidence on the effectiveness of early prevention programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime. Drawing on the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the most effective early prevention programs. Criminologists David Farrington and Brandon Welsh also outline a policy strategy--early prevention--that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus whaTrade Review"Well researched and well reasoned, pragmatic and clearly written: A call to action grounded in science. This book should guide the creation of a national strategy for preventing crime before it starts."--J. David Hawkins, Endowed Professor of Prevention, University of Washington"The current willingness to allow at-risk children to develop unimpeded into serious, chronic offenders represents an inexcusable policy failure and threat to public safety. Farrington and Welsh balance this "bad news" with invaluable "good news": there is a growing body of evidence-based practices that "work" to save troubled youngsters. Their scholarly but accessible analysis makes a compelling case that the knowledge now exists to construct a national system for early intervention. Perhaps more important, Saving Children from a Life of Crime has the power to inspire in its readers the political will to make this ambitious vision a reality. Let the reading begin!"--Francis T. Cullen, Distinguished Research Professor, University of CincinnatiTable of ContentsJames Q. Wilson: Foreword 1: Introduction: The Need for Early Prevention Part I: Early Risk and Protective Factors 2: Understanding Risk and Protective Factors 3: Individual Factors 4: Family Factors 5: Socioeconomic, Peer, School, and Community Factors Part II: Prevention in the Early Years 6: Understanding Risk-Focused Prevention 7: Individual Prevention 8: Family Prevention 9: Peer, School, and Community Prevention Part III: Toward a National Strategy 10: Never Too Early: A Comprehensive National Prevention Strategy Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAfter decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived, high-crime neighborhood are among the most important factors. There is also a growing body of high quality scientific evidence on the effectiveness of early prevention programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime. Drawing on the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the most effective early prevention programs. Criminologists David Farrington and Brandon Welsh also outline a policy strategy - early prevention - that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus Trade ReviewInternationally recognized author Farrington (Cambridge) and US criminologist Welsh (Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell) have applied a psychological theoretical perspective and "gold standard" experimental methodology to delinquency programs....Recommended. * CHOICE *[T]hese two prominent criminologists have written a book on one of social science's most important matters, and one that embodies the essence of good science: the development and articulation of good ideas, a solid discussion of theory and research, and appropriate policy proscriptions that are accessible and relevant to academics, policy-makers, and lay persons. * Journal of Youth & Adolescence *Overall, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is an insightful and useful text. This book's main strength is that it is a 'one-stop shop' for everything we need to know about risk factors for delinquency and effective early prevention programmes. It is very well researched and the information is both up-to-date and trustworthy. * British Journal of Criminology *The current willingness to allow at-risk children to develop unimpeded into serious, chronic offenders represents an inexcusable policy failure and threat to public safety. Farrington and Welsh balance this "bad news" with invaluable "good news": there is a growing body of evidence-based practices that "work" to save troubled youngsters. Their scholarly but accessible analysis makes a compelling case that the knowledge now exists to construct a national system for early intervention. Perhaps more important, Saving Children from a Life of Crime has the power to inspire in its readers the political will to make this ambitious vision a reality. Let the reading begin! * Francis T. Cullen, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Cincinnati *Well researched and well reasoned, pragmatic and clearly written: A call to action grounded in science. This book should guide the creation of a national strategy for preventing crime before it starts. * J. David Hawkins, Endowed Professor of Prevention, School of Social Work, University of Washington *This volume has essential, well-summarized information for decision makers, policy officials, and practitioners interested in designing and evaluating programs to reduce juvenile delinquency. Based on a sweeping survey of the scientific evidence for risk and protective factors, the expert authors succinctly indicate which programs have the highest efficacy in preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency and which programs more than pay for themselves. This volume is the most convincing and the most practical of all the books on reducing juvenile delinquency published over the past decades. * Rolf Loeber, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, and Professor of Psychology and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh *Farrington and Welsh have produced a timely and important work for all self-respecting democracies. Every careful student of human development since Plato understands that preventing crime as a way of life starts at conception. Farrington and Welsh offer the up-to-date knowledge needed to change outdated policies. We cannot afford to continue to lock up offenders as if we were still in the early 19th century. Giving support to at-risk families and children is the only rational and humane way of dealing with crime as a way of life. This book should be mandatory for all social science students and policy makers. * Richard E. Tremblay, Chair of Child Development, University of Montreal *Table of ContentsPART I: EARLY RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS; PART II: PREVENTION IN THE EARLY YEARS; PART III: TOWARD A NATIONAL STRATEGY

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the role and importance of youth and employment in Britain.Trade Review`Particularly useful for a detailed study of youth training - an in-depth guide, but easy to read.' Alan Robertshaw, University of Lancaster`This book is an excellent expose of issues.' Cyprian Lunga, University of NottinghamA much needed update on the rapidly changing situation of youth and employment ... A highly readable and even-handed assessment of the topic. * NEWI *Useful little book ... this book provides an up-to-date, thorough and accessible overview of empirical evidence on youth and employmeny and an account of the main areas of debate. * Work, Employment and Society *

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Book SynopsisThe book contains original essays by distinguished moral and political philosophers on the topic of the moral and political status of children. It covers the themes of children's rights, parental rights and duties, the family and justice, and civic education.Trade Review... provides a provocative philosophical contribution to the present theorization on children's rights. It is useful because, in a time when policy-wise children's rights are gaining increasing dominance, it presents perspectives that suggest potential theoretical and practical deficits. The presentation of different arguments helps to refine the reader's own views, whatever his or her theoretical or policy position. * Contemporary Political Theory *... essential reading ... The book adds to the literature by moving certain debates forward, with more nuanced and often more challenging considerations of children's rights and autonomy. * Contemporary Political Theory *Each chapter in this volume makes a significant contribution to the literature on children's rights. It should be considered essential reading for anyone seriously concerned with the complex issues surrounding the moral and legal status of children. * Philosophical Quarterly *... anyone interested in tackling the philosophical issues concerning children and parents would do well to consult this book. * Political Studies Review *The moral and political status of children and the rights and duties of parents are subjects that have enjoyed renewed political and philosophical interest in recent years, and this collection addresses the principal questions with admirable clarity and subtlety. * Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; I. CHILDREN AND RIGHTS ; Do Children Have Rights? ; What Rights (If Any) Do Children Have? ; Children's Choices of Children's Interests: Which Do Their Rights Protect? ; Being versus Becoming: A Critical Analysis of the Child in Liberal Theory ; II. AUTONOMY AND EDUCATION ; Special Agents: Children's Autonomy and Parental Authority ; Autonomy, Child Rearing, and Good Lives ; Children, Multiculturalism, and Education ; Answering Susan: Liberalism, Civic Education, and the Status of Younger Persons ; III. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND JUSTICE ; Silver Spoons and Golden Genes: Talent Differentials and Distributive Justice ; Equality and the Duties of Procreators ; Liberal Equality and the Affective Family ; What Children Really Need: Towards a Critical Theory of Family Structure ; Family, Choice, and Distributive Justice

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Book SynopsisChildren born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon -they are irreversibly shaped by the experience having been thrust into a radical religious culture by birth. The religious group is all encompassing. It accounts for their family, their school, social networks, and everything that prepares them for their adult life. The inclusion of a second generation of participants raises new concerns and legal issues. Perfect Children examines the ways new religious movements adapt to a second generation, how children are socialized, what happens to these children as they mature, and how their childhoods have affected them.Amanda van Twist conducted over 50 in-depth interviews with individuals born into new religious groups, some of whom have stayed in the group, some of whom have left. She also visited the groups, their schools and homes, and analyzed support websites maintained by those who left the religious groups that raised them. She also attended conferences held by NGOs concerned with the welfare of children in cults. The main groups she studies include the Bruderhof, Scientology, the Family International, the Unification Church, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.Children born into new religions often start life as special children believed to be endowed with heightened spiritual capabilities. But as they mature into society at large they acquire other labels. Those who stay in the group are usually labeled as goodies and innovators. Those who leave tend to be labeled as baddies or seen as troubled. Whether they stay or leave, children raised on the religious fringe experience a unique form of segregation in adulthood.Van Twist analyzes group behavior on an organizational/institutional level as well as individual behavior within groups, and how these affect one another. Her study also raises larger questions about religious freedom in the light of the State''s responsibility towards children, and children''s rights against the rights of parents to raise their children within their religion.Trade ReviewThe book overall breaks new ground in an under-researched area... This is a must-read for everyone in the field. * Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review *Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing perfect children comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions. * Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University *This is a very good book. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society. * Eileen Barker, Sociology of Religion *Table of ContentsPart I: Sects and Their Children ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Sects, Children, and Society ; Chapter 2: Leadership and Discipline ; Chapter 3: Points of Conflict: The Children of God and the State ; Part II: What Happened?: The Aftermath of Growing Up in a Sectarian Group ; Chapter 4: What Is Perceived as Successful Socialization? ; Chapter 5: The Young Members Who Stay ; Part III: The Young Members Who Leave ; Chapter 6: Support ; Chapter 7: In The Wilderness ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm.

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Book SynopsisThis text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm.

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Book SynopsisThis study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family.

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Book SynopsisThe baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem. This title recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned children in this period in vivid detail.Trade Review"Joel F. Harrington breaks new ground with this work.... The Unwanted Child mounts a rich, successful challenge to top-down historical approaches to the subject." (Choice) "In his fascinating study, Joel F. Harrington acquaints the reader with the realities of child abandonment and infanticide and the challenges that early modern social distortions, triggered by wars, economic crisis, and climate change, to name but a few, held for poor families.... Essential for students as well as for researchers." (Journal of Social History)"

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Book SynopsisDrawing on life histories of several children, this book shows that children and childhood are being redefined by desires of a young country struggling to position itself in international community. It reveals how Ugandans are constructing childhood as an identity for development of nation.Trade Review"With Pillars of the Nation, Kristen Cheney has admirably succeeded in providing a culturally informed ethnographic study of the predicament of children in contemporary Uganda. Here, she shows how Ugandan children in diverse and often problematic situations seek to establish through their own agency a meaningful life not always in agreement with cultural codes, national social agendas, and ideologies enforced by international agencies and programs to assist them. This is an impressive and original work." - Philip Kilbride, Bryn Mawr College"

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Book SynopsisDrawing on life histories of several children, this book shows that children and childhood are being redefined by desires of a young country struggling to position itself in international community. It reveals how Ugandans are constructing childhood as an identity for development of nation.Trade Review"With Pillars of the Nation, Kristen Cheney has admirably succeeded in providing a culturally informed ethnographic study of the predicament of children in contemporary Uganda. Here, she shows how Ugandan children in diverse and often problematic situations seek to establish through their own agency a meaningful life not always in agreement with cultural codes, national social agendas, and ideologies enforced by international agencies and programs to assist them. This is an impressive and original work." - Philip Kilbride, Bryn Mawr College"

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Book SynopsisIs it right for children to believe in myths? By encouraging such myths, are parents lying to children? This text explores how children themselves see characters such as Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, and discusses the possible effects that belief in such figures has on children.

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Book SynopsisAsks whether traditional observations about farm families apply to three hundred Iowa children who grew up with some tie to the land during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s, a time of widespread farm bankruptcies and factory closings. The answer, the authors show, is a resounding yes.Trade Review"What is it about 'ties to the land' that influences the development of young people? The answers the authors provide are not only analytically compelling, but they reveal invaluable insights for solving many of the problems facing our urban and suburban school communities as they struggle to provide meaningful environments for socializing and educating our adolescents into productive adults." (American Journal of Sociology) "A welcome corrective to the literature on development, which has focused almost exclusively on metropolitan areas.... Through their careful connection of life choices to life chances in historical context, the authors offer a model of sociological inquiry worthy of emulation." (Social Forces)"

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Book SynopsisThe baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for parents, government officials, and society. This work recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children.

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Book SynopsisRestoring ethnographic methods to a central place in social inquiry, this text discusses how qualitative methodologies have strengthened the understanding of cognitive, emotional and behavioural development, and of the difficulties of growing up in contemporary society.

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Book SynopsisA companion that brings together contemporary research on children and childhood from pediatrics, child psychology, childhood studies, education, sociology, history, law, anthropology, and other related areas. It includes more than 40 'Imagining Each Other' essays, which focus on the experiences of particular children in different cultures.

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Book SynopsisHow can child care be structured to protect both the interests of children and the rights of women? Must children suffer the loss of their childhood through institutional care? Polakow uses her observations of pre-school centers--including profit-run, federally funded, community, and Montessori institutions--to open the windows of daycare.

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the beneficial effects of community service on the political and moral identity of adolescents. It uses a case study from a predominantly black, urban high school in Washington, D.C., building on the work of Erik Erikson on the social and historical nature of identity development.Table of ContentsPreface Ch. 1: Service for Today's Youth and for the Right Reasons Ch. 2: Social-Historical Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Service Ch. 3: Community Service at St. Francis High School Ch. 4: Getting to Know Homelessness Ch. 5: Forming a Political Habit Ch. 6: A Moral Gyroscope Ch. 7: On Being a Black American Ch. 8: The Continuing Identity Process: After High School Ch. 9: Ten Ideas for Designing and Implementing Community-Service Programs Ch. 10: Identities in the Making References Index

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the beneficial effects of community service on the political and moral identity of adolescents. It uses a case study from a predominantly black, urban high school in Washington, D.C., building on the work of Erik Erikson on the social and historical nature of identity development.

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Book SynopsisLaunched by healthcare providers in January 2018, the #aHand2Hold campaign confronted the Quebec government''s practice of separating children from their families during medical evacuation airlifts, which disproportionately affected remote and northern Indigenous communities. Pediatric emergency physician Samir Shaheen-Hussain''s captivating narrative of this successful campaign, which garnered unprecedented public attention and media coverage, seeks to answer lingering questions about why such a cruel practice remained in place for so long. In doing so it serves as an indispensable case study of contemporary medical colonialism in Quebec. Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment''s role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Through meticulously gathered government documentation, historical scholarship, media reports, public inquiries, and personal testimonies, Shaheen-Hussain connects the draconian medevac practice with oTrade Review"Anyone who thinks that racism in Canada is more benign than it is in the United States--or that Canada has left its genocidal policies in the past--must read Samir Shaheen-Hussain's new book. Fighting for A Hand to Hold is an engaging and well-documented analysis of medical colonialism that deserves further discussion and, most important, action." Canadian Dimension"Fighting for a Hand to Hold is important in encouraging us to reflect and rethink it. Samir's call for the decolonisation of health care would entail reparations for Indigenous nations, which includes the return of land and sovereignty over the labour of care. Indigenous land defenders fighting colonial development, Indigenous projects of food sovereignty and agroecology, and the resurgence of Indigenous traditional knowledge, including practices of healing, all point to the importance of reclaiming sovereignty over care as pathways for decolonising health care." Race & Class"Fighting for a Hand to Hold reveals systemic challenges through an approach that offers a holistic look at the structures that hold injustices in place. Inspired by patients, Shaheen-Hussain examines the impacts of medical colonialism on the lives of Indigenous young people. This book made me think about how we can create the change that is necessary to address the anti-Indigenous racism of Canada's past and present." Margo Greenwood, The Lancet

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Book SynopsisAcross the metropole, the colonies, and the wider eighteenth-century world, French children and youth participated in a diverse set of state-building initiatives, social reform programs, and imperial expansion efforts. Young Subjects explores the lives and experiences of these youth, revealing their role as active and vital agents in the shaping of early modern France.Trade Review“Young Subjects details the daily lives of children with rare richness. This is a very impressive piece of scholarship that shows how indispensable the history of childhood is to understanding France, its empire, and the early modern state.” Bianca Premo, Florida International University and author of Children of the Father King: Youth, Authority, and Legal Minority in Colonial Lima

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Book SynopsisChekhov's Children explores Anton Chekhov's stories – dating from his early writings in the 1880s – as a distinct body of work unified by the theme of maturation and by the creation of a literary model of childhood.Trade Review"This pioneering and engaging study contributes to Chekhov studies, childhood studies, the study of late imperial Russia, but its most innovative dimension lies in bringing together literary and childhood studies in a methodologically interesting way, constructing an original model that deserves to be taken up, developed, and refined in other cases for the future." Andy Byford, Durham University and author of Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia“Nadya L. Peterson’s book is a unique and welcome addition to Chekhov scholarship. Firmly anchored in theories of child-rearing and pedagogy which emerged during the nineteenth century, Peterson’s study provides the first full-length analysis of Chekhov’s child characters. In so doing, she also exposes the nuanced role human development plays in Chekhov’s art as a whole.” Modern Language Review

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Book Synopsis-- Social Casework: The Journal of Contemporary Social WorkTrade Review... a noteworthy book... offers important insights and raises a number of vexing and complex problems for which there are no easy solutions. Journal of Social Work Education In addition to its assessment of the deeper issues of substantive justice, this book provides an excellent review of major proposals for juvenile court restructuring, and offers specific directions for reform...[it]manages to achieve its well conceived objectives through an unusually comprehensive, insightful and reasoned analysis. Journal of Criminal JusticeTable of Contents1. The Nature of Juvenile Crime 2. The Counterrevolution in Juvenile Justice 3. Tangled Pathways to the Future: Issues of Role and Function 4. The Issues of Effectiveness 5. Rehabilitate the Rehabilitative Ideal? 6. The Dispositional Extremes: Diversion and the Correctional Institution 7. Final Observations: The Pursuit of Juvenile Justice

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBRAVO! This is a much needed, informative, and engaging book. The authors, Rosalind C. Barnett (a highly respected research psychologist) and Caryl Rivers (a skilled journalist), take the reader on a critical and clarifying tour of claims about categorical, biologically-based sex differences used to justify the move towards more publicly funded single-sex schooling. This book is a significant contribution to an area of heated debate and policy struggle. Parents, teachers, and policy-makers can turn to it as a reliable guide through a thicket of hype and over-claiming. The authors do an excellent job of unpacking empirical assertions, exposing shabby "science," unfounded generalizations and jumps of logic. -- Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology, and Gender and Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. The gloves are off. Rivers and Barnett provide a convincing case that much of what parents, teachers, and the general public know about differences between girls and boys is based on highly publicized accounts of shoddy and misleading science. They provide readers with an understanding of the ways girls and boys are similar and different and how we can use that knowledge to raise happy, healthy, and successful children. -- Diane F. Halpern, past-president, American Psychological Association, and author of Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (fourth edition) A bracing antidote to conventional wisdom. Like Malcolm Gladwell, Rivers and Barnett take readers into the world of research and emerge with surprising and unsettling conclusions. Teachers, educators, parents, journalists, and researchers would do well to read this book before hopping on the bandwagon about the 'differences' between girls and boys. -- Jonathan Kaufman, Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter and education editor at Bloomberg News The Truth About Girls and Boys is exactly that-the real story behind over-hyped claims of sex difference and their harming of girls and boys. Rivers and Barnett expose the sloppy journalism that has allowed pseudoscientific ideas to percolate into our collective beliefs about gender development. Parents, teachers, and policymakers will do well to read this book, to rescue today's girls and boys from false claims of 'hardwired' differences limiting their learning and stunting their futures. -- Lise Eliot, author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps and What We Can Do About It Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett's dissection of the ways tired stereotypes are being repackaged as 'science' is urgently important. It must be read immediately by parents, educators-anyone who believes children should develop their full intellectual and emotional potential. -- Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture The Truth About Girls and Boys is a must read for anyone vouchsafed with the upbringing, care, teaching, or social policy that impacts our most precious legacy: our children-girls and boys. We must read this 'game changing' book, ponder its meaning, and not put it down until we move from our present position of empty-minded acceptance to open-minded and critical thinking. Rivers and Barnett throw out a sturdy life preserver to bring us back from the harm of mangled pseudoscience to the shores of thoughtful, gender equitable understanding. -- William S. Pollack, author of Real Boys: Rescuing Our Boys from the Myths of Boyhood Rivers and Barnett provide insightful examples to show how sex stereotypes ranging from aggression to sexualized body images are based on inaccurate and often harmful generalizations. They make a powerful case against a key rationale for sex-segregated education - that girls and boys learn differently, and therefore should be taught differently and in sex segregated classes. Instead, they conclude that heterogeneous groups and attention to individuals will do more to maximize opportunities and improve society. -- Sue Klein, Ed.D, Education Equity DirectorFeminist Majority Foundation This is an excellent and important book, clearly written yet also packed with documentation. Lis Carey's Blog Buy It RIGHT NOW. Run to the bookstore. Knock over children and old ladies if you have to. Just get your hands on this book! Bookshelf Bombshells ...simple, direct, and accessible prose. Things Mean a Lot Blog Should be given to new parents, educations, coaches, and anyone with the ability to influence the path of young lives. It's packed with excellent advice. -- Sheila Gibbons Media Report to Women Thought-provoking. PsycCritiques Because of the topic and accessibility of the writing, parents and teachers should be encouraged to read this book. -- Emily Keener Psychology of Women QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Brains in Pink and Blue? 3. More Pink and Blue 4. Math Wars 5. Word Play 6. Toy Choice 7. The More Aggressive Sex? 8. Caring 9. The Ideal Classroom 10. Single-Sex Education, Pros and Cons 11. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBRAVO! This is a much needed, informative, and engaging book. The authors, Rosalind C. Barnett (a highly respected research psychologist) and Caryl Rivers (a skilled journalist), take the reader on a critical and clarifying tour of claims about categorical, biologically-based sex differences used to justify the move towards more publicly funded single-sex schooling. This book is a significant contribution to an area of heated debate and policy struggle. Parents, teachers, and policy-makers can turn to it as a reliable guide through a thicket of hype and over-claiming. The authors do an excellent job of unpacking empirical assertions, exposing shabby "science," unfounded generalizations and jumps of logic. -- Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology, and Gender and Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. The gloves are off. Rivers and Barnett provide a convincing case that much of what parents, teachers, and the general public know about differences between girls and boys is based on highly publicized accounts of shoddy and misleading science. They provide readers with an understanding of the ways girls and boys are similar and different and how we can use that knowledge to raise happy, healthy, and successful children. -- Diane F. Halpern, past-president, American Psychological Association, and author of Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (fourth edition) A bracing antidote to conventional wisdom. Like Malcolm Gladwell, Rivers and Barnett take readers into the world of research and emerge with surprising and unsettling conclusions. Teachers, educators, parents, journalists, and researchers would do well to read this book before hopping on the bandwagon about the 'differences' between girls and boys. -- Jonathan Kaufman, Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter and education editor at Bloomberg News The Truth About Girls and Boys is exactly that-the real story behind over-hyped claims of sex difference and their harming of girls and boys. Rivers and Barnett expose the sloppy journalism that has allowed pseudoscientific ideas to percolate into our collective beliefs about gender development. Parents, teachers, and policymakers will do well to read this book, to rescue today's girls and boys from false claims of 'hardwired' differences limiting their learning and stunting their futures. -- Lise Eliot, author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps and What We Can Do About It Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett's dissection of the ways tired stereotypes are being repackaged as 'science' is urgently important. It must be read immediately by parents, educators-anyone who believes children should develop their full intellectual and emotional potential. -- Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture The Truth About Girls and Boys is a must read for anyone vouchsafed with the upbringing, care, teaching, or social policy that impacts our most precious legacy: our children-girls and boys. We must read this 'game changing' book, ponder its meaning, and not put it down until we move from our present position of empty-minded acceptance to open-minded and critical thinking. Rivers and Barnett throw out a sturdy life preserver to bring us back from the harm of mangled pseudoscience to the shores of thoughtful, gender equitable understanding. -- William S. Pollack, author of Real Boys: Rescuing Our Boys from the Myths of Boyhood Rivers and Barnett provide insightful examples to show how sex stereotypes ranging from aggression to sexualized body images are based on inaccurate and often harmful generalizations. They make a powerful case against a key rationale for sex-segregated education - that girls and boys learn differently, and therefore should be taught differently and in sex segregated classes. Instead, they conclude that heterogeneous groups and attention to individuals will do more to maximize opportunities and improve society. -- Sue Klein, Ed.D, Education Equity DirectorFeminist Majority Foundation This is an excellent and important book, clearly written yet also packed with documentation. Lis Carey's Blog Buy It RIGHT NOW. Run to the bookstore. Knock over children and old ladies if you have to. Just get your hands on this book! Bookshelf Bombshells ...simple, direct, and accessible prose. Things Mean a Lot Blog Should be given to new parents, educations, coaches, and anyone with the ability to influence the path of young lives. It's packed with excellent advice. -- Sheila Gibbons Media Report to Women Thought-provoking. PsycCritiques Because of the topic and accessibility of the writing, parents and teachers should be encouraged to read this book. -- Emily Keener Psychology of Women QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Brains in Pink and Blue? 3. More Pink and Blue 4. Math Wars 5. Word Play 6. Toy Choice 7. The More Aggressive Sex? 8. Caring 9. The Ideal Classroom 10. Single-Sex Education, Pros and Cons 11. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA powerful resource for pre-service programs in education, social work, nursing, and public policy, as well as a guide for working professionals, practitioners, policy-setters and grant-makers. By weaving rigor with compassion, Bronstein and Mason have made a significant contribution to our nation's schools and, ultimately, to our nation's children. -- from the foreword by Jane Quinn, Vice President for Community Schools, and Director, National Center for Community Schools, The Children's Aid Society This insightful book will serve as a primer to educators and policymakers who seek to understand how school-linked services work to enhance educational opportunities for children and mitigate the effects of poverty. A thorough and comprehensive analysis of many existing programs and initiatives, School-Linked Services makes it clear that we can devise strategies to help poor children and the schools that serve them to succeed. -- Pedro A. Noguera, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Bronstein and Mason provide a timely guide to achieve the cross-system collaboration needed for individual and school success. In particular, they nail the real-life examples needed to make this a tangible and concrete handbook for anyone looking to improve both schools and their communities. -- James Canfield, University of Cincinnati A thorough overview of school-linked social services-much needed by today's practitioners and researchers. -- Katherine Phillippo, Loyola University Chicago A valuable resource for academics, as well as practitioners working to build meaningful and enduring partnerships that improve the lives of children and families in communities across America. -- Ira Harkavy, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. Making the Case for School-Linked Services 2. The School 3. School-Linked Services Today 4. Working Effectively Across Systems 5. Settings 6. International Initiatives 7. Public Education, School-Linked Services, and Relevant Policies 8. Funding 9. Assessing Outcomes Epilogue: Creating a Successful School-Community Partnership for School-Linked Services References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA powerful resource for pre-service programs in education, social work, nursing, and public policy, as well as a guide for working professionals, practitioners, policy-setters and grant-makers. By weaving rigor with compassion, Bronstein and Mason have made a significant contribution to our nation's schools and, ultimately, to our nation's children. -- from the foreword by Jane Quinn, Vice President for Community Schools, and Director, National Center for Community Schools, The Children's Aid Society This insightful book will serve as a primer to educators and policymakers who seek to understand how school-linked services work to enhance educational opportunities for children and mitigate the effects of poverty. A thorough and comprehensive analysis of many existing programs and initiatives, School-Linked Services makes it clear that we can devise strategies to help poor children and the schools that serve them to succeed. -- Pedro A. Noguera, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Bronstein and Mason provide a timely guide to achieve the cross-system collaboration needed for individual and school success. In particular, they nail the real-life examples needed to make this a tangible and concrete handbook for anyone looking to improve both schools and their communities. -- James Canfield, University of Cincinnati A thorough overview of school-linked social services-much needed by today's practitioners and researchers. -- Katherine Phillippo, Loyola University Chicago A valuable resource for academics, as well as practitioners working to build meaningful and enduring partnerships that improve the lives of children and families in communities across America. -- Ira Harkavy, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. Making the Case for School-Linked Services 2. The School 3. School-Linked Services Today 4. Working Effectively Across Systems 5. Settings 6. International Initiatives 7. Public Education, School-Linked Services, and Relevant Policies 8. Funding 9. Assessing Outcomes Epilogue: Creating a Successful School-Community Partnership for School-Linked Services References Index

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Book SynopsisShows how Western psychology can reinforce and renew the theoretical underpinnings of Confucian thought about children and the family.Trade ReviewA remarkably comprehensive and powerful defense of a distinctive view about child welfare. No other work describes and engages Eastern and Western traditions and combines them with such an analysis of contemporary feminism and empirical social science. -- Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong An impressive example of a successful multidisciplinary work, in which Cline skillfully combines Chinese thought, the history of Western philosophy, empirical developmental psychology, and public policy proposals. This is clearly a work that will make a significant contribution to multiple fields. -- Bryan Van Norden, Vassar College Outstanding-highly original, carefully argued, and clearly written. -- Michael Puett, Harvard University Its greatness... rests in how it reminds the reader that the care, love, andeducation of children, from before they are born and into their early years, should be ofcentral interest to all concerned with individual moral cultivation and the bettering ofsociety. DaoTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. What Did Early Confucian Philosophers Think About Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation? 1. Moral Cultivation, Filial Piety, and the Good Society in Classical Confucian Philosophy 2. Infants, Children, and Early Confucian Moral Cultivation II. How Are Early Confucian Views of Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation Distinctive, Compared with Views in the History of Western Philosophy? 3. Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation in Traditional Western Philosophy 4. Feminist and Confucian Perspectives on Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation III. Why Do Confucian Views of the Relationship Between Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation Warrant Serious Consideration, and What Can They Contribute to Our Understanding of These Areas? 5. Early Childhood Development and Evidence-Based Approaches to Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation 6. The Humanities at Work: Confucian Resources for Social and Policy Change Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisShows how Western psychology can reinforce and renew the theoretical underpinnings of Confucian thought about children and the family.Trade ReviewA remarkably comprehensive and powerful defense of a distinctive view about child welfare. No other work describes and engages Eastern and Western traditions and combines them with such an analysis of contemporary feminism and empirical social science. -- Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong An impressive example of a successful multidisciplinary work, in which Cline skillfully combines Chinese thought, the history of Western philosophy, empirical developmental psychology, and public policy proposals. This is clearly a work that will make a significant contribution to multiple fields. -- Bryan Van Norden, Vassar College Outstanding-highly original, carefully argued, and clearly written. -- Michael Puett, Harvard University Its greatness... rests in how it reminds the reader that the care, love, andeducation of children, from before they are born and into their early years, should be ofcentral interest to all concerned with individual moral cultivation and the bettering ofsociety. DaoTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. What Did Early Confucian Philosophers Think About Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation? 1. Moral Cultivation, Filial Piety, and the Good Society in Classical Confucian Philosophy 2. Infants, Children, and Early Confucian Moral Cultivation II. How Are Early Confucian Views of Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation Distinctive, Compared with Views in the History of Western Philosophy? 3. Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation in Traditional Western Philosophy 4. Feminist and Confucian Perspectives on Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation III. Why Do Confucian Views of the Relationship Between Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation Warrant Serious Consideration, and What Can They Contribute to Our Understanding of These Areas? 5. Early Childhood Development and Evidence-Based Approaches to Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation 6. The Humanities at Work: Confucian Resources for Social and Policy Change Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children. Including war-affected children in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve children in the research process.Trade ReviewThis timely and impressive volume utilizes a socioecological framework to examine the experiences of children affected by armed conflict. Using a holistic approach that considers children's diverse cultures and contexts, the contributors illuminate the complexities of war and postwar realities on the everyday lives of children. -- Sophie Yohani, University of Alberta This is a powerful book-a must-read. Its strength lies in its empathy; and in how it eschews categories, avoids simplicity, transcends binaries, and turns limits into opportunities. While recognizing their suffering, and doing so with great sensitivity, this book also foregrounds the humanity, resilience, intrepidness, and potential of all children affected by armed violence. -- Mark Drumbl, Washington and Lee University Far from sparing children, war exposes young persons to physical harm and other deprivations, including separation from family and forcible displacement. This volume draws on case studies from across the globe to provide an invaluable, contemporary analysis of theories, methods, and practices by which to address the needs of children affected by armed conflict. -- Diane Marie Amann, University of GeorgiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Approaches to Studying Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Reflections on Theory, Method, and Practice, by Myriam Denov and Bree AkessonPart I. Understanding the Realities of Children in Armed Conflict: Theoretical And Conceptual Considerations1. “Raising the Dead” and Cultivating Resilience: Postcolonial Theory and Children’s Narratives from Swat, Pakistan, by Lubna N. Chaudhry2. Young Children’s Experiences of Connectedness and Belonging in Postconflict Sri Lanka: A Socioecological Approach, by Nanditha Hettitantri and Fay Hadley3. Contending with Vio lence and Discrimination: Using a Social Exclusion Lens to Understand the Realities of Burmese Muslim Refugee Children in Thailand, by Mollie Pepper4. A Social Constructionist Approach to Understanding the Experiences of Girls Affected by Armed Conflict in Colombia, by Maria Camila Ospina- Alvarado, Sara Victoria Alvarado, Jaime Alberto Carmona, and Hector Fabio Ospina5. Armed with Resilience: Tapping into the Experiences and Survival Skills of Formerly Abducted Girl Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda, by Jessica A. LenzPart II. Methodological Approaches to Understanding the Realities of Children Affected by Armed Conflict6. Socioecological Research Methods with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Examples from Northern Uganda and Palestine, by Bree Akesson and Myriam Denov7. What Children and Youth Can Tell Us: A Rapid Ethnography Approach to Understanding Harms to Children in Somaliland and Puntland, by Kathleen Kostelny, Ken Justus Ondoro, and Michael G. Wessells8. Surviving Disorder: Children, Vio lence, and War Stories in Liberia, by Sukanya Podder9. Reweaving Relating in Social Reintegration: Participatory Action Research with War-Affected Young Mothers and Their Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda, by Angela Veale, Miranda Worthen, and Susan MckayPart III. Practice And Service Delivery: Professional Applications to Address the Realities of Children Affected by Armed Conflict10. Health Care Services to War-Affected Children in Northern Uganda: Accounting for Discrepancies Between Interventions and Children’s Needs, by Grace Akello11. When the System “Works”: Exploring the Experiences of Girl Survivors of Sexual Violence in Postconflict Liberia, by Debbie Landis and Lindsay Stark12. Working with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Practical Protection Work During the Darfur Crisis in the Sudan, by Ghada Kachachi13. Meeting the Needs of Children Affected by Conflict: Teacher Training and Development in South Sudan, by Jan StewartConclusion: Putting the Pieces Together: Future Directions in Research with Children Affected by Armed Conflict, by Bree Akesson and Myriam DenovList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children. Including war-affected children in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve children in the research process.Trade ReviewThis timely and impressive volume utilizes a socioecological framework to examine the experiences of children affected by armed conflict. Using a holistic approach that considers children's diverse cultures and contexts, the contributors illuminate the complexities of war and postwar realities on the everyday lives of children. -- Sophie Yohani, University of Alberta This is a powerful book-a must-read. Its strength lies in its empathy; and in how it eschews categories, avoids simplicity, transcends binaries, and turns limits into opportunities. While recognizing their suffering, and doing so with great sensitivity, this book also foregrounds the humanity, resilience, intrepidness, and potential of all children affected by armed violence. -- Mark Drumbl, Washington and Lee University Far from sparing children, war exposes young persons to physical harm and other deprivations, including separation from family and forcible displacement. This volume draws on case studies from across the globe to provide an invaluable, contemporary analysis of theories, methods, and practices by which to address the needs of children affected by armed conflict. -- Diane Marie Amann, University of GeorgiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Approaches to Studying Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Reflections on Theory, Method, and Practice, by Myriam Denov and Bree AkessonPart I. Understanding the Realities of Children in Armed Conflict: Theoretical And Conceptual Considerations1. “Raising the Dead” and Cultivating Resilience: Postcolonial Theory and Children’s Narratives from Swat, Pakistan, by Lubna N. Chaudhry2. Young Children’s Experiences of Connectedness and Belonging in Postconflict Sri Lanka: A Socioecological Approach, by Nanditha Hettitantri and Fay Hadley3. Contending with Vio lence and Discrimination: Using a Social Exclusion Lens to Understand the Realities of Burmese Muslim Refugee Children in Thailand, by Mollie Pepper4. A Social Constructionist Approach to Understanding the Experiences of Girls Affected by Armed Conflict in Colombia, by Maria Camila Ospina- Alvarado, Sara Victoria Alvarado, Jaime Alberto Carmona, and Hector Fabio Ospina5. Armed with Resilience: Tapping into the Experiences and Survival Skills of Formerly Abducted Girl Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda, by Jessica A. LenzPart II. Methodological Approaches to Understanding the Realities of Children Affected by Armed Conflict6. Socioecological Research Methods with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Examples from Northern Uganda and Palestine, by Bree Akesson and Myriam Denov7. What Children and Youth Can Tell Us: A Rapid Ethnography Approach to Understanding Harms to Children in Somaliland and Puntland, by Kathleen Kostelny, Ken Justus Ondoro, and Michael G. Wessells8. Surviving Disorder: Children, Vio lence, and War Stories in Liberia, by Sukanya Podder9. Reweaving Relating in Social Reintegration: Participatory Action Research with War-Affected Young Mothers and Their Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda, by Angela Veale, Miranda Worthen, and Susan MckayPart III. Practice And Service Delivery: Professional Applications to Address the Realities of Children Affected by Armed Conflict10. Health Care Services to War-Affected Children in Northern Uganda: Accounting for Discrepancies Between Interventions and Children’s Needs, by Grace Akello11. When the System “Works”: Exploring the Experiences of Girl Survivors of Sexual Violence in Postconflict Liberia, by Debbie Landis and Lindsay Stark12. Working with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Practical Protection Work During the Darfur Crisis in the Sudan, by Ghada Kachachi13. Meeting the Needs of Children Affected by Conflict: Teacher Training and Development in South Sudan, by Jan StewartConclusion: Putting the Pieces Together: Future Directions in Research with Children Affected by Armed Conflict, by Bree Akesson and Myriam DenovList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this memoir, the renowned pediatrician and children’s advocate Irwin Redlener draws on poignant personal experiences to investigate the nation’s healthcare safety net and the programs that too often fail to protect and nurture our most vulnerable kids. Redlener argues that we must drastically change our approach to meeting the needs of children.Trade ReviewMotivating and immensely uplifting; an engaging intimate memoir about impassioned connectedness with children in dire need. * Kirkus Reviews *Illuminating. * Journal of Children and Poverty *A deeply moving memoir and call to action. * San Francisco Review of Books *As cofounder with Dr. Redlener of Children’s Health Fund, I have watched him grapple for more than thirty years with the problem of inadequate health care for our poor and working-class children. In clear, often emotional language, Redlener lays out the costs borne by children and our society of failing to resolve these health access issues. Still an optimistic realist, he offers solutions in The Future of Us that are both feasible and affordable. -- Paul SimonThe Future of Us will inform you, fascinate you, and most of all, inspire you. Join Dr. Irwin Redlener, America’s leading advocate for children’s health, as he makes his life journey from rural America to medical school in Europe and the U.S., to treating America’s poor children in the South during the civil rights era to his remarkable creativity and national leadership in founding and leading the Children’s Health Fund and the Children’s Hospital in New York City. Irwin and his partner and wife Karen have improved the health and life prospects of millions upon millions of children, but Redlener never flags in his efforts to do more, and to remind us—with great urgency and eloquence—how much better we can and must do for America’s and the world’s poor and vulnerable children. -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia UniversityIn this incredibly personal and readable story of the activist pediatrician who created the big blue bus and brought comprehensive medical care to underserved, at-risk children all over the United States, Redlener argues that by eradicating our differences of opportunity, we can increase the well-being, prosperity, and potential of all Americans. Read this, and become inspired yourself! -- Julianne MooreThis is the book our troubled era has been waiting for. In his beautifully written, fearless exploration of the lives of vulnerable children, Dr. Redlener offers us profound insights into ourselves and our society. The Future of Us is not just wise and wonderful, it’s essential for everyone who cares about the well-being of our children and the nation as a whole. -- Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and former columnist for the New York TimesThe world needs to listen to the message of the amazing Irwin Redlener—that every child, no matter where and whom they are born to, deserves a chance in life. It truly is “the future of us.” -- Carolyn Miles, president and CEO, Save the ChildrenIn an engaging and heartfelt manner, The Future of Us provides snapshots of the appalling conditions facing children living in poverty in America, and then presents much-needed practical solutions to help them. I highly recommend it. -- Dan Klores, Peabody Award–winning filmmakerExcellently done, and will be an inspiration to those who read it. It particularly addresses the need to form collaborations with others involved in caring for children in their communities. I cannot name another individual who could have written this book, considering Redlener's vast experience. -- Michael Kappy, University of Colorado School of MedicineA must-read for anyone who loves and cares about children and our future. * Utica Dispatch *Ultimately, The Future of Us isn't a memoir about Redlener but a tale told to inspire others to engage in issues, to show them that politics and policy isn't some airy thing divorced from their experience. * Misanthropester *An extraordinary read from cover to cover, The Future of Us is one of those compelling personal stories that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself as been finished. * Midwest Book Review (review of hardcover edition) *Hard-hitting and personal, The Future of Us makes an impassioned plea for change based not only on study but on personal experience, arguing that America needs to drastically change its viewpoints and attitudes towards social programs and helping kids. * Donovans Bookshelf *One of the most important sections of the revised edition is the afterward advising the best ways to champion children’s health throughout this long-lasting pandemic. Must reading! * Recommended by Dee *An inherently compelling read from cover to cover, The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America is an eloquently crafted, thoughtful and thought-provoking read. * Midwest Book Review (review of paperback edition) *Table of ContentsPrefaceAuthor's Notes and AcknowledgmentsForeword, by Jane PauleyIntroduction: The Urgency of Childhood1. Kids Who Dream, Kids Who Can’t2. Roots3. Real-World Medicine and Public Health4. Going Forward: Government, Moonshots, and ParentsEpilogueAfterwordNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisMargaret Mih Tillman offers a novel perspective on the political and scientific dimensions of experiments with early childhood education. Raising China’s Revolutionaries is an important work of institutional and transnational history that illuminates the evolution of modern concepts of childhood in twentieth-century China.Trade ReviewMargaret Tillman has written an excellent book. Raising China's Revolutionaries demonstrates how policies regarding childcare and child welfare were central to the formation of the modern Chinese state, and suggests how the mobilization and deployment of aid and care facilitated elite professionalization and formation of a range of social institutions that had lasting relevance. The book promises to intervene with great impact in a number of different historiographical debates in the China field and global history more broadly. -- Robert Culp, Bard CollegeInformative, instructive, inspiring. Margaret Mih Tillman's book is an important contribution to the research of childhood socialization in modern China. -- Thomas O. Höllmann, Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichSince the late Qing there had been a general belief among Chinese revolutionaries and reformers that China’s modernization must begin with the construction of a modern childhood. As a result, a great variety of ideas and institutions were proposed and developed in the realm of child education from the 1930s to the 1950s. This book, Raising China’s Revolutionaries, is a rigorous and vivid account of this important historical development based on the author’s comprehensive and penetrating study of the numerous archival and other primary sources as well as her personal experiences as a visiting preschooler in the Chinese system. -- Ying-shih Yu, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, co-winner of the John W. Kluge Prize and the inaugural winner of the Tang PrizeTillman writes for her peers, and she displays incredible command of the historiography on which she draws. Her rich and deft incorporation of insights from the wider field shows that research on childhood is intimately connected to all the other concerns within the field of Chinese history. -- Melissa A. Brzycki * Journal of Asian Studies *Based on solid archival research, this book models careful historical analysis and argumentation. It is highly accessible and will be useful to readers who are interested in understanding the modern development of early childhood education in China, but also to those who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of state-society relations during China's modern trajectory. * Historian *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations in TextIntroductionPart I: The Science of Sentiment1. Child Study in Chinese Kindergartens: Chen Heqin’s Approach to “Family Education”2. Cherishing Children: The National Child Welfare Association in the Nanjing Decade, 1928–19373. The Calculus of Child Welfare: The Democratization of Fundraising for Shanghai, 1937–1942Part II: Child Experts and the Chinese State4. Wartime Paternalisms: Mobilizing Child Advocacy for the State5. Contested Service: Building a National Social Welfare Program in the Civil War, 1945–19496. The Reeducation of Child Experts: Chen Heqin as a Model of Self-Criticism7. Women’s Mobilization and Childcare for the Masses: Collective Childcare in the 1950sConclusionCharacter ListNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTravel through time to discover the paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects that enrich our world.Are you seeking a lavishly illustrated timeline that showcases a glorious gallery of art from all around the world? Then Art Year By Year may be the book for you!Over 500 images of art movements such as the Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Impressionism, and Pop Art are explored and explained, accompanied by striking visual detail that truly brings the artwork to life. Further featuring biographies of the key figures behind some of the world''s best-known artworks, from Botticelli and Hiroshige to Goncharova and Morisot, Art Year By Year has something for everyone to admire. With passion in every page, you can explore: - Feature panels discussing artists, art movements, and techniques- Specific works of art analysed, with details pulled out and explained- Pages that explore a single theme through time and across different cul

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Book SynopsisHelp your child master the English vocabulary with this beautifully illustrated dictionary!An essential vocabulary builder for young children that teaches and tests five new words each day, for five days a week, over one year. Packed full of useful everyday vocabulary, this visual reference book will capture the imagination of little learners and encourage a love for learning their first English words. The book presents your child with 5 new words to learn and practise each day for four days, then tests these words through a variety of interactive exercises on day five. Over the course of one year, your child will build up a vocabulary of more than 1000 English words.From colours, numbers, fruits and toys to animals, sports, clothes and weather, just about every subject in the English language is covered in eye-catching, illustrative detail. Incredibly easy to use, it includes daily test yourself activities with cleverly designed flaps which hide the w

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Book SynopsisDive into the weird and wonderful world of sleep, from the science behind dreams to a peek into animal sleeping habits, in this incredible book for children aged 7 to 9.We spend about 26 years of our lives sleeping, but how much do you really know about what happens when your head hits the pillow? Flick through the charming illustrated pages and discover:- What is sleep, and why do we need it?- Who''s still awake across the globe when you are tucked up in bed?- The history of sleep, including the evolution of the bed and the significance of dreams in myths and legends- How does sleep differ in the animal kingdom? From polyphasic sleeping lions and nocturnal raccoons to birds high in the sky and whales in the ocean- What happens to plants when the sun sets?- Practical tips and tricks to help you improve your bedtime routineThe Magic of Sleep answers all your questions about what goes on in your head when you snooze, including

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Book SynopsisLook up! What do you see? This charming nature book will encourage children to look, listen, and feel nature all around. From cloud patterns to constellations, the chirrup of a single sparrow to the trees that rustle in the wind - the beauty of nature is everywhere. This children''s book is perfect for cultivating a love of natural science.Inside this beautifully illustrated children''s guide, Up In The Air you''ll discover:- Cross-curriculum science topics covering botany, ornithology, meteorology and more- Charming illustrations that help your little one develop their sky-watching skills - perfect for young readers between the ages of 7-9- Plant and animal species that live above us from all around the world- A guide to bird watching for kids, cloud spotting and identifying different constellations of starsUp In The Air looks at the habitats above our heads, uncovering the insects that make their homes in tree

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Book SynopsisFind out how to live more sustainably, manage waste in a better way, and create an eco-home!Rubbish tells us a lot about how humans have lived in the past, how we''re living now, and the impact our waste disposal has on the environment. To create a more sustainable future, it''s important that little eco-warriors know about the different types of waste and how to create less rubbish! DKfindout! Rubbish is a fun, trivia and activity-filled book that teaches young children between 5 and 9 years old about the problems the planet is experiencing with waste. An engaging read that will give young activists the ideas to start making a difference: - Covers topics such as Electronic waste, Food we waste the most, Recycling ideas for kids with a clear visual approach- Includes a glossary to help explain new or tricky terms- Contains flaps at the beginning and end that provide extra core references and a quiz to draw children into the content of t

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Book SynopsisIntroduce your little one to fables and fairy tales from around the world with this spellbinding series of board books for children.Discover the Greek myth about the greedy King Midas! A popular tale told for centuries that will teach children about the power of love. Introduce children to the fascinating telling of a popular tale about a greedy king who could turn everything he touched into gold. This emotions book for kids explores the concept of love and the consequences of greed in an engaging story format. Once Upon a Time...there was a Greedy King is filled with colourful illustrations and a lively story that teaches children emotional intelligence. Inside you''ll find: - Beautiful, vibrant illustrations by Maja Andersen brings the story to life- Simple text, ideal for reading aloud for a bedtime story- Lesser-known folk tales and stories to young children- A reference section at the end of the book that explains

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