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Rutgers University Press Eating to Learn Learning to Eat The Origins of
Book SynopsisHistorian A. R. Ruis explores the origins of American school meal initiatives to explain why it has been so difficult to establish meal programs that satisfy the often competing interests of children, parents, schools, health authorities, politicians, and the food industry. Trade Review?"Exceedingly well-written, Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat is an excellent piece of scholarship that fills an important gap in the literature on school lunches." -- Ian Mosby * author of Food Will Win the War *"A valuable, engaging volume for anyone interested in the interconnected histories of scientific research and US policy. Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat is an important historical work that is relevant to many contemporary policy debates around health, education, poverty, and nutrition." -- Deborah Levine * Providence College *"Over the course of about 70 years, school lunches grew from local experiments to a federal entitlement. Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat charts this process masterfully, in fascinating detail. Ruis dissects broad historical movements and events, including first-person accounts that anchor matters of policy in tangible reality." * The Lancet *"Chronicling in rich detail the origins, composition and challenges these early school food programmes faced, Ruis offers a history that deepens our understanding of mid-century federal legislation and informs present day policy decisions." * Social History of Medicine *"Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat succeeds in bringing a larger historical perspective to the problems of today’s school lunches. By reaching back to the Progressive Era, Ruis reveals a history that rhymes with our own state of affairs." * Nursing Clio *"In Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat, A. R. Ruis, a historian of medicine and public health and an education researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, provides a thorough overview of the history of school lunch policy." * Health Affairs *"This is a deeply researched, well-written book, which provides a compelling and nuanced historical perspective on current debates about school lunch. By doing so, it illuminates broader historical (and contemporary) social and political questions, such as the responsibilities of government, the separation of the public and the private realm, and the moral imperatives constituted by want." * The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"This book fills a gap in the literature on school lunch by exploring three models for lunch programs that predate the 1946 establishment of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)." * The Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"A worthwhile and engaging read that is a meaningful addition to the literature." * The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *"Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat is a worthwhile and engaging read that is a meaningful addition to the literature." * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *"Exceedingly well-written, Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat is an excellent piece of scholarship that fills an important gap in the literature on school lunches." -- Ian Mosby * author of Food Will Win the War *"A valuable, engaging volume for anyone interested in the interconnected histories of scientific research and US policy. Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat is an important historical work that is relevant to many contemporary policy debates around health, education, poverty, and nutrition." -- Deborah Levine * Providence College *"Over the course of about 70 years, school lunches grew from local experiments to a federal entitlement. Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat charts this process masterfully, in fascinating detail. Ruis dissects broad historical movements and events, including first-person accounts that anchor matters of policy in tangible reality." * The Lancet *"Chronicling in rich detail the origins, composition and challenges these early school food programmes faced, Ruis offers a history that deepens our understanding of mid-century federal legislation and informs present day policy decisions." * Social History of Medicine *"Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat succeeds in bringing a larger historical perspective to the problems of today’s school lunches. By reaching back to the Progressive Era, Ruis reveals a history that rhymes with our own state of affairs." * Nursing Clio *"In Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat, A. R. Ruis, a historian of medicine and public health and an education researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, provides a thorough overview of the history of school lunch policy." * Health Affairs *"This is a deeply researched, well-written book, which provides a compelling and nuanced historical perspective on current debates about school lunch. By doing so, it illuminates broader historical (and contemporary) social and political questions, such as the responsibilities of government, the separation of the public and the private realm, and the moral imperatives constituted by want." * The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"This book fills a gap in the literature on school lunch by exploring three models for lunch programs that predate the 1946 establishment of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)." * The Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"A worthwhile and engaging read that is a meaningful addition to the literature." * The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *"Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat is a worthwhile and engaging read that is a meaningful addition to the literature." * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction1 “The Old-Fashioned Lunch Box . . . Seems Likely to Be Extinct”: The Promise of School Meals in the United States2 (Il)Legal Lunches: School Meals in Chicago3 Menus for the Melting Pot: School Meals in New York City4 Food for the Farm Belt: School Meals in Rural America5 “A Nation Ill-Housed, Ill-Clad, Ill-Nourished”: School Meals under Federal Relief Programs6 From Aid to Entitlement: Creation of the National School Lunch Program EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Why Afterschool Matters Rutgers Series in
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.Trade Review"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work." -- Richard M. Lerner * Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University *"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to account for the structural conditions that shape the lived realities of youths in order to avoid reifying the myth that everyone can access higher education, if they simply work hard." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Does College Matter? Acknowledgments 1 Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College 2 Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 3 Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember Much” 4 Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .” 5 Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!” 6 The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Appendix A: Student Characteristics Appendix B: Methodological Reflections References Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Why Afterschool Matters Rutgers Series in
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.Trade Review"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work." -- Richard M. Lerner * Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University *"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to account for the structural conditions that shape the lived realities of youths in order to avoid reifying the myth that everyone can access higher education, if they simply work hard." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Does College Matter? Acknowledgments 1 Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College 2 Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 3 Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember Much” 4 Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .” 5 Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!” 6 The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Appendix A: Student Characteristics Appendix B: Methodological Reflections References Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Complicated Lives Girls Parents Drugs and
Book SynopsisComplicated Lives focuses on the lives of sixty-five drug-using girls in the juvenile justice system who grew up in families characterized by parental drug use, violence, and child maltreatment. Vera Lopez’s work examines how these relationships with their parents contribute to the girls’ future drug use and involvement in the justice system. Trade Review"Excellent and flawlessly written, Complicated Lives is a crucial piece of work. Lopez brilliantly addresses the complex intersectional and myriad of challenges surrounding these girls, their parents, and the juvenile 'justice' system." -- Joanne Belknap * author of The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice *"Delinquency theory and research has largely ignored criminalized girls and girls of color. For this reason, Complicated Lives fills a huge void. A must read for those who care about girlhood, with all its complexities and challenges, in America." -- Meda Chesney-Lind * co-author of The Female Offender: Girls, Women, and Crime *"Complicated Lives is carefully constructed, using qualitative data and an intersectional lens. Engaging and clear." * Society and Gender *"Complicated Lives provides the groundwork for evidence-based interventions for a population of teenage girls whose needs are often not being met effectively because of funders’ failure to hear the voices of those most affected by adverse conditions in the home, community, and institutional settings. The book deals with some of the most complicated societal issues. Lopez appreciates the larger picture and leads us in a positive direction toward overcoming the myriad of counterproductive forces that impede successful outcomes." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Growing Up in a “Dysfunctional” Family 2 Mothers’ Little Helpers 3 Daddy’s Little Girl: Feeling Rejected, Abandoned, and Unloved 4 Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places 5 Doing Drugs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 6 Parents’ Attempts to Intervene on Behalf of Drug-Using Daughters 7 Property of the State: Locked Up, Locked Out, and in Need of Treatment 8 Moving beyond the Individual toward Programmatic, Systemic, and Policy Solutions Appendices Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£32.40
Rutgers University Press Youth in Postwar Guatemala Education and Civic
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of armed conflict, how do new generations of young people learn about peace, justice, and democracy? Michelle J. Bellino describes how, following Guatemala's civil war, adolescents at four schools in urban and rural communities learn about their country's history of authoritarianism and develop civic identities within a fragile postwar democracy.Trade Review"A heartbreakingly beautiful narrative account of how students and teachers at four very different Guatemalan secondary schools negotiate the complexities of history and identity. Bellino provides a brilliant model of nuanced inquiry into the vicissitudes of citizenship education for fragile democracies." -- Bradley Levinson * author of Beyond Critique: Exploring Critical Social Theories and Education *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a gripping ethnographic portrait of learning to become civic actors in the face of enduring legacies of civil war. It challenges us to re-think basic assumptions about developing democratic citizenship education policies in post-conflict societies." -- Thea Renda Abu El-Haj * author of Unsettled Belonging: Educating Palestinian American Youth after 9/11 *"Quality studies like Bellino’s Youth in Postwar Guatemala enrich and contribute to our understanding of contemporary Guatemala. Those interested in exploring and learning about the country and the region Guatemala will appreciate, benefit from, and enjoy Bellino’s short but deep study." * H-Net *"Rich and reflexive account...a multifaceted narrative. This is thick description at its best, a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of a complex and heart-breaking reality. It is a book which should be read by anyone carrying out research or working in development in Guatemala, especially those with a focus on youth empowerment." * Anthropology in Action *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a study that will appeal to those in our eld who are interested in historical memory, youth, citizenship, and anthropological approaches to violence." * Journal on Education in Emergencies *"A heartbreakingly beautiful narrative account of how students and teachers at four very different Guatemalan secondary schools negotiate the complexities of history and identity. Bellino provides a brilliant model of nuanced inquiry into the vicissitudes of citizenship education for fragile democracies." -- Bradley Levinson * author of Beyond Critique: Exploring Critical Social Theories and Education *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a gripping ethnographic portrait of learning to become civic actors in the face of enduring legacies of civil war. It challenges us to re-think basic assumptions about developing democratic citizenship education policies in post-conflict societies." -- Thea Renda Abu El-Haj * author of Unsettled Belonging: Educating Palestinian American Youth after 9/11 *"Quality studies like Bellino’s Youth in Postwar Guatemala enrich and contribute to our understanding of contemporary Guatemala. Those interested in exploring and learning about the country and the region Guatemala will appreciate, benefit from, and enjoy Bellino’s short but deep study." * H-Net *"Rich and reflexive account...a multifaceted narrative. This is thick description at its best, a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of a complex and heart-breaking reality. It is a book which should be read by anyone carrying out research or working in development in Guatemala, especially those with a focus on youth empowerment." * Anthropology in Action *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a study that will appeal to those in our eld who are interested in historical memory, youth, citizenship, and anthropological approaches to violence." * Journal on Education in Emergencies *Table of Contents1 Citizen, Interrupted 2 Education and Conflict in Guatemala 3 International Academy: The No-Blame Generation and the Post-Postwar 4 Paulo Freire Institute: The All-or-Nothing Generation and the Spiral of the Ongoing Past 5 Sun and Moon: The No-Future Generation and the Struggle to Escape 6 Tzolok Ochoch: The Lucha Generation and the Struggle to Overcome 7 What Stands in the Way 8 Waiting Afterword Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£32.40
John Wiley & Sons Youth in Postwar Guatemala Education and Civic Identity in Transition Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of armed conflict, how do new generations of young people learn about peace, justice, and democracy? Michelle J. Bellino describes how, following Guatemala's civil war, adolescents at four schools in urban and rural communities learn about their country's history of authoritarianism and develop civic identities within a fragile postwar democracy.Trade Review"A heartbreakingly beautiful narrative account of how students and teachers at four very different Guatemalan secondary schools negotiate the complexities of history and identity. Bellino provides a brilliant model of nuanced inquiry into the vicissitudes of citizenship education for fragile democracies." -- Bradley Levinson * author of Beyond Critique: Exploring Critical Social Theories and Education *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a gripping ethnographic portrait of learning to become civic actors in the face of enduring legacies of civil war. It challenges us to re-think basic assumptions about developing democratic citizenship education policies in post-conflict societies." -- Thea Renda Abu El-Haj * author of Unsettled Belonging: Educating Palestinian American Youth after 9/11 *"Quality studies like Bellino’s Youth in Postwar Guatemala enrich and contribute to our understanding of contemporary Guatemala. Those interested in exploring and learning about the country and the region Guatemala will appreciate, benefit from, and enjoy Bellino’s short but deep study." * H-Net *"Rich and reflexive account...a multifaceted narrative. This is thick description at its best, a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of a complex and heart-breaking reality. It is a book which should be read by anyone carrying out research or working in development in Guatemala, especially those with a focus on youth empowerment." * Anthropology in Action *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a study that will appeal to those in our eld who are interested in historical memory, youth, citizenship, and anthropological approaches to violence." * Journal on Education in Emergencies *"A heartbreakingly beautiful narrative account of how students and teachers at four very different Guatemalan secondary schools negotiate the complexities of history and identity. Bellino provides a brilliant model of nuanced inquiry into the vicissitudes of citizenship education for fragile democracies." -- Bradley Levinson * author of Beyond Critique: Exploring Critical Social Theories and Education *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a gripping ethnographic portrait of learning to become civic actors in the face of enduring legacies of civil war. It challenges us to re-think basic assumptions about developing democratic citizenship education policies in post-conflict societies." -- Thea Renda Abu El-Haj * author of Unsettled Belonging: Educating Palestinian American Youth after 9/11 *"Quality studies like Bellino’s Youth in Postwar Guatemala enrich and contribute to our understanding of contemporary Guatemala. Those interested in exploring and learning about the country and the region Guatemala will appreciate, benefit from, and enjoy Bellino’s short but deep study." * H-Net *"Rich and reflexive account...a multifaceted narrative. This is thick description at its best, a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of a complex and heart-breaking reality. It is a book which should be read by anyone carrying out research or working in development in Guatemala, especially those with a focus on youth empowerment." * Anthropology in Action *"Youth in Postwar Guatemala is a study that will appeal to those in our eld who are interested in historical memory, youth, citizenship, and anthropological approaches to violence." * Journal on Education in Emergencies *Table of Contents1 Citizen, Interrupted 2 Education and Conflict in Guatemala 3 International Academy: The No-Blame Generation and the Post-Postwar 4 Paulo Freire Institute: The All-or-Nothing Generation and the Spiral of the Ongoing Past 5 Sun and Moon: The No-Future Generation and the Struggle to Escape 6 Tzolok Ochoch: The Lucha Generation and the Struggle to Overcome 7 What Stands in the Way 8 Waiting Afterword Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Children as Caregivers The Global Fight against
Book SynopsisIn Zambia, due to the rise of TB and the connected HIV epidemic, a large number of children have experienced the illness or death of at least one parent. This study examines how well intentioned practitioners fail to realise that children take on active caregiving roles when their guardians become seriously ill and demonstrates why understanding children's care is crucial for global health policy.Trade Review"Hunleth presents a moving, yet clear-eyed, account of children's hitherto unacknowledged caregiving in the tuberculosis and HIV epidemic. Children as Caregivers is a spectacular demonstration of the vital importance of detailed ethnography for policy development." -- Anthony Simpson * author of Boys to Men in the Shadow of AIDS: Masculinities and HIV Risk in Zambia *"Children as Caregivers offers a very interesting insight on how discourses on prevention, care, and welfare in the context of infectious diseases should not ignore the specific contribution provided by children." * The Lancet *"Children as Caregivers is a rare and timely ethnographic study of childhood and illness. Readers interested in expanding their knowledge of critical global health, infectious disease, and kinship politics will find tremendous value in this book. As a testament to ethnography’s value in the social sciences, Children as Caregivers provides researchers with new, creative methods on how to capture children’s voices and experiences, in all their complexity." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Children's Carework in a Global Pandemic: Anthropology of Childhood and Infectious Disease" interview with Jean Hunleth https://culanth.org/fieldsights/childrens-carework-in-a-global-pandemic-anthropology-of-childhood-and-infectious-disease * AnthroPod *"Hunleth presents a moving, yet clear-eyed, account of children's hitherto unacknowledged caregiving in the tuberculosis and HIV epidemic. Children as Caregivers is a spectacular demonstration of the vital importance of detailed ethnography for policy development." -- Anthony Simpson * author of Boys to Men in the Shadow of AIDS: Masculinities and HIV Risk in Zambia *"Children as Caregivers offers a very interesting insight on how discourses on prevention, care, and welfare in the context of infectious diseases should not ignore the specific contribution provided by children." * The Lancet *"Children as Caregivers is a rare and timely ethnographic study of childhood and illness. Readers interested in expanding their knowledge of critical global health, infectious disease, and kinship politics will find tremendous value in this book. As a testament to ethnography’s value in the social sciences, Children as Caregivers provides researchers with new, creative methods on how to capture children’s voices and experiences, in all their complexity." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Children's Carework in a Global Pandemic: Anthropology of Childhood and Infectious Disease" interview with Jean Hunleth https://culanth.org/fieldsights/childrens-carework-in-a-global-pandemic-anthropology-of-childhood-and-infectious-disease * AnthroPod *Table of Contents Introduction 1. Growing Up in George 2. Residence and Relationships 3. Between Silence and Disclosure 4. Following the Medicine 5. Care by Women and Children 6. Children and Global Health Postscript: Childhood Tuberculosis Notes References Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press Children as Caregivers The Global Fight Against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
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£105.40
MW - Rutgers University Press Eating to Learn Learning to Eat The Origins of School Lunch in the United States Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
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New York University Press Children at Play An American History
Book SynopsisWhat do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of the last two centuries? This book presents a history of children's play in the United States and ponders what it tells us about ourselves. It provides a chronological history of play in the US from the point of view of children themselves.Trade Review"The tension between how children spend their free time and how adults want them to spend it runs through Chudacoffs book like a yellow line smack down the middle of a highway. His critique is increasingly echoed today by parents, educators and childrens advocates who warn that organized activities, overscheduling and excessive amounts of homework are crowding out free time and constricting childrens imaginations and social skills." * The New York Times *"At a time when childrens play seems under siege, Howard Chudacoffs historythe first of its kindarrives to tell us what we are letting slip away. . . . His history demonstrates that the topic of play is anything but trivial. And by showing us where weve been, he can help us decide where, as a culture, we want to go." * Wilson Quarterly *"This book is a model work of synthesis and a truly enjoyable piece of scholarship." * American Historical Review *"A fascinating and provocative survey. . . . Chudacoff builds up a scathing critique of modern parents’ intrusion in childrens play." * New York Times Book Review *"In this wonderfully polished, scholarly treatment of children and play from Colonial times to the present, Chudacoff uses excellent historical methodology and perceptive psychological insights, putting primary sources to good use, as he presents an illustrated, chronological history of children at play from ages six to 12." * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface Introduction 1 Childhood and Play in Early America, 1600-18002 The Attempt to Domesticate Childhood and Play, 1800-1850 3 The Stuff of Childhood, 1850-19004 The Invasion of Children's Play Culture, 1900-1950 5 The Golden Age of Unstructured Play, 1900-1950 6 The Commercialization and Co-optation of Children's Play, 1950 to the Present 7 Children's Play Goes Underground, 1950 to the Present ConclusionNotes Index About the Author
£22.79
New York University Press Children of a New World Society Culture and
Book SynopsisFocuses on the impact of globalization on children's lives, both in the United States and on the world stage. This work examines children as both creators of culture and objects of cultural concern in America, evident in the strange contemporary fear of and fascination with child abduction, child murder, and parental kidnapping.Trade Review"With rigor and clarity, Fass is able to draw fascinating conclusions...Indeed, readers familiar with Fass's previous work will recognize her lucid, foreful, and engaging prose style..." -- William S. Bush * Journal of American Ethnic History *"In this remarkable volume, Paula S. Fass, a pioneer and pace-setter in the burgeoning field of children's history, demonstrates that a knowledge of history is essential to understanding contemporary controversies over child protection, the commercialization of childhood, multiculturalism in public schools, and the impact of globalization." -- Steven Mintz,author of Hucks Raft: A History of American Childhood"Thought-provoking" * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Children in Society, Culture, and the WorldPart I: Children in SocietyIntroduction to Part I 1 Immigration and Education in the United States 2 The IQ: A Cultural and Historical Framework 3 Creating New Identities: Youth and Ethnicity in New York City High Schools in the 1930s and 1940sPart II: Children in CultureIntroduction to Part II 4 Making and Remaking an Event: The Leopold and Loeb Case in American Culture5 A Sign of Family Disorder? Changing Representations of Parental Kidnapping6 Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Post-World War II WorldPart III: Children of a New Global WorldIntroduction to Part III 7 Children and Globalization 8 Children in Global Migrations 9 Children of a New World Index About the Author
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University of Minnesota Press Suspended Animation
Book SynopsisAn innovative analysis of children's picture books from the interwar period in America.Trade Review"'Deeply researched and richly illustrated, Suspended Animation foregrounds the crucial and contentious role of the children’s picture book in a conflicted twentieth century. It highlights the tug of nostalgic innocence against the complexities of industrialism, war, gender, and battles for ideological domination—with the stakes nothing less than actions and beliefs of the generation(s) of the future." —Cecelia Tichi, Vanderbilt University"Lavishly illustrated, this panorama of picture books from the 1920s and ‘30s opens an expanse of brilliantly executed visual narratives that set the context for some of the most cherished landmarks of American childhood, from Millions of Cats to Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel. Much of the material we encounter in this book springs from a modernist New York between the wars, where experiments in drama, design, or dada had an impact on the design of picture books. Nathalie op de Beeck’s extended readings make us eager to explore the energetic, droll, technologically innovative texts for ourselves." —Margaret R. Higonnet, University of ConnecticutTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Here and Now Fairy Tales 2. Picture Book Ethnography: Representing the Other in Picture Books and Illustrated Texts 3. Sentient Machines: Lonesome Locomotives and the Mechanized Modern Body 4. Murals in Miniature: Regionalism, Labor, and Obsolescence Postscript: The Picture Book After 1942 Notes Index
£19.79
University of Minnesota Press Designing the Creative Child
Book SynopsisTrade Review"At a time when the news media is again concerned about a crisis in American creativity, schools are cutting funding for arts education, major foundations are modeling ways that students and teachers might ‘play’ with new media, and museums worry about declining youth attendance, Designing the Creative Child makes an important intervention, reminding us that these debates build upon a much longer history of efforts to support and enhance the creative development of American youth. I admire this fascinating, multidisciplinary account which couples close attention to the design of everyday cultural materials with an awareness of the debates in educational theory, public policy, children’s literature, and abstract art which informed them." —Henry Jenkins, Editor, The Children's Culture Reader"Amy Ogata’s Designing the Creative Child is an exceptionally interesting book on the development of both child psychology and playthings in America during the baby boom years following World War II. A delightfully educational book."—Life Long Dewey (blog)"Amy Ogata . . . argues that American worries about conformity—as well as the nation’s Cold War rivalry with the totalitarian Soviet Union—persuaded parents that their children’s creative impulses could, and should, be encouraged."—Boston Globe"This well-researched and clearly written history of the responses of designers and architects to advice from psychologists on ways to encourage creativity in young children in Cold War America is a welcome addition to cultural history, architectural and design history, the study of material culture, and child psychology. [Ogata’s] broad knowledge of art and architecture contributes to the success of her foray into the history of toys, playrooms, playgrounds, schoolrooms, and children’s museums."—Journal of American History"An insightful investigation into the development and marketing of objects and spaces for children aimed at satisfying parental desires to promote creativity in the children of mid-century America."—Art Libraries Society of North America"Featuring extensive illustrations of toy advertisements, product designs, and blueprints, this highly informative book has an extensive bibliography and notes."—CHOICE"Designing the Creative Child is a valuable and inspiring resource for scholars and professionals in child related research."—The Architect’s Newspaper"Ogata’s book is well researched, well written, and beautifully illustrated—and truly innovative in its depiction of how a generation of toy designers, architects, and museum curators gave shape to their faith in youthful creativity."—American Journal of Play"Lucid and engaging, Ogata’s assiduously researched study sheds a much-needed light on its origins and development and contributes significantly to our understanding of everyday design in the dynamics of postwar cultural change."—Buildings & Landscapes"Ogata brings her research together in an exciting way by examining childhood creativity as an idealized attribute developed in the multi-faceted dimensionality of material culture—from television programming and toy design to suburan homes, school buildings and museum exhibition design. The book is richly illustrated and is in conversation with other multi-disciplinary books that address aspects of the post-war era, consumerism, architecture, suburbia and school design."—Journal of Design History"This study offers us innovative ways of understanding efforts to shape childhood that we might consider adopting more fully."—Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth"A tight, timely study."—Art Review"An important contribution."—Winterthur Portfolio"Beautifully illustrated and superbly written."—Daniella On DesignTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Object Lessons1. Constructing Creativity in Postwar America2. Educational Toys and Creative Playthings3. Creative Living at Home4. Building Creativity in Postwar Schools5. Learning Imagination in Art and ScienceEpilogue: The Legacy of Consuming CreativityAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of Minnesota Press Civil Rights Childhood Picturing Liberation in
Book SynopsisTrade Review "Katharine Capshaw’s new study—intersecting photography, children’s literature, and the civil rights movement—is a rich and strikingly original addition to the growing scholarship on African American childhood. Many scholars will appreciate and be indebted to this important work." —Gerald Early, Washington University in St. Louis "Capshaw’s analysis and contextualization of the works in question break entirely new ground, offering original ways of thinking about how the photographic book operated as a medium particularly suited to African-American authors, child readers, and messages about civil rights." —Julia Mickenberg, University of Texas at Austin"This is an important and engaging book that offers one of the few extended discussions of depictions of black childhood. "—International Review of Children’s Literature"Civil Rights Childhood will no doubt be an influential text in our understanding of the visual representations of black childhood now and in our future."—MELUS"A fascinating, well-conceived and empirically rich study."—Visual Studies"To read Capshaw is. . . to receive a lesson on the cultural importance and responsibility of literary scholarship. Civil Rights Childhood not only advances our scholarly understanding of the politics of childhood, but also enables readers to better contextualize so many of the images and injustices we continue to encounter."—International Research Society for Children’s Literature"Deeply researched and engagingly written."—Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth"Civil Rights Childhood is notable for its steadfast and vocal commitment to its political project. Capshaw’s continual engagement with the real implications of the work she analyzes and also of her own would make this book a useful one to use in the classroom."—CAA Reviews"Impeccably researched. Capshaw does some incredibly impressive literary recovery work, shedding light on texts completely unfamiliar to many contemporary scholars of either children’s literature or African American studies."—Children’s Literature Association QuarterlyTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Friendship, Sympathy, Social Change2. Pictures and Nonfiction: Conduct and Coffee Tables3. Today: Framing Freedom in Mississippi4. The Black Arts Movement: Childhood as Liberatory Process5. Blurring the Childhood Image: Representations of the Civil Rights NarrativeConclusion: A Text for TrayvonAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£62.90
Ohio University Press Children in Slavery through the Ages
Book SynopsisSignificant numbers of the people enslaved throughout world history have been children. The vast literature on slavery has grown to include most of the history of this ubiquitous practice, but nearly all of it concentrates on the adult males whose strong bodies and laboring capacities preoccupied the masters of the modern Americas.Trade Review“This anthology epitomized the strengths of the new history of slavery: a world-wide perspective that cuts across time and space … and an emphasis on the actual experience of enslavement and on enslaved peoples as active agents with their own distinct voices.”“The new history of slavery has begun to excavate women’s experiences and unpack the gendered nature of enslavement, but Campbell et al. offer the first focus on children, a focus that clearly resonates with international concern about child labor and child sexual abuse in the world today…. This is a path-breaking collection….” * Enterprise & Society *“The aims of (Children in Slavery Through the Ages’s) editors—to uncover the reasons for the purchase of slave children; and to illustrate their experiences—are amply fulfilled…. What is particularly illuminating about these essays is their potential to inform the study of children in contemporary forms of slavery, where here too, poverty is a central feature, deceit is widespread, and children are perceived as more submissive and easier to control.” * Reviews in History *“This excellent collection of studies on children in slavery leaves one looking forward to the second volume, which one hopes will provide a broader discussion of what the study of enslaved children can tell us about slavery (and childhood) more generally.” * Africa: Journal of the IAI *
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Ohio University Press Generations Past Youth in East African History
Book SynopsisContemporary Africa is demographically characterized above all else by its youthfulness. In East Africa the median age of the population is now a striking 17.5 years, and more than 65 percent of the population is age 24 or under.Trade Review“This is a rich collection of essays about the concepts of generations and youth in East Africa from the nineteenth century until the present. The chronological reach, the originality of the sources, the clarity of presentation and excellent writing all make it an attractive college text.”“This thought-provoking anthology addresses some of the existing gaps in our understanding of the study of youth and generations in Africa…. Overall, this book is a welcome contribution to this emerging sub-field of African history. Its accessible language makes it a valuable resource fit for adoption at different levels in the teaching of African history.” * The Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History *“Generations Past constitutes a thoughtful and sophisticated snapshot of a thriving subfield that will inform work on youth across the continent.” * The Journal of African History *
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Ohio University Press Child Slaves in the Modern World
Book SynopsisChild Slaves in the Modern World is the second of two volumes that examine the distinctive uses and experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Trade Review“The subject of children and slavery has only recently become a special focus of scholars…. The focus on children as such is, therefore, a significant breakthrough in understanding slavery as a system in different institutionalized contexts.” * Journal of African History *
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Ohio University Press Trafficking in Slaverys Wake
Book SynopsisWomen and children have been bartered, pawned, bought, and sold within and beyond Africa for longer than records have existed. This important collection examines the ways trafficking in women and children has changed from the aftermath of the “end of slavery” in Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present.TheTrade Review“This is a paradigm-shifting volume…a ground-breaking book with potential to change not only academic theory but also legal practice on the enslavement and trafficking of African women and children.” * Slavery & Abolition *“Trafficking in Slavery’s Wake provides much-needed historical context and conceptualization of the problem of trafficking, with specific attention to its impact on the continent of Africa.…[It is] a highly readable, richly researched, and interdisciplinary set of chapters, appropriate for college students and policy-makers alike.…A great strength…is that it deconstructs categories and historicizes processes while also suggesting solutions to the problem of human trafficking.” * Journal of Global History *“Human trafficking, a central human rights concern of the 21st century, is a phenomenon with deep historical roots…. Based on a wide range of written and oral sources, (Trafficking in Slavery’s Wake) gives special prominence to the voices of women and children. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * Choice *“Each of the chapters in Trafficking in Slavery’s Wake could stand as a solo article. However, the beauty of the collection is that the pieces say much more when grouped than they would as stand-alones. Patterns emerge. Continuities and discontinuities over time become apparent. Moreover, the contributors have clearly challenged each other to think in new ways.”“[This] book’s impact on me…was as a jolt to our collective complacency. …Chapter authors, their expertise spanning medical anthropology, sociology, history, law, political science, human rights, gender, and migration have achieved a laudable, multidisciplinary reference of historical cases. [Although it focuses] on Africa… this volume is a generic resource for historical background and contemporary anti-trafficking efforts everywhere.” * Journal of Human Trafficking *“(Trafficking in Slavery’s Wake) contributes to human trafficking scholarship by analyzing it, not as a new phenomenon, but as a modern iteration of slavery…. The volume’s easy readability makes it a valuable pedagogical tool at both the graduate and undergraduate level. And while each chapter of the volume provides unique insight into the human rights issue, the essays’ diverse approaches and source material contribute even more to human trafficking scholarship collectively.” * World History Connected *“This cohesive and empirically rich volume is an important addition to our understanding of the nature and texture of the lives of trafficked and enslaved women and children, and of the legal, cultural, and intellectual lineages that produced what today constitutes a ‘humanitarian crisis‘ of trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *“In colonial and contemporary contexts, international multidisciplinary scholars and human rights activists examine the causes of enslavement and international policy responses. Includes maps of Africa, country-specific statistics, and harrowing case studies.” * Book News *Table of Contents* Introduction. Contextualizing Trafficking in Women and Children in Africa Benjamin N. Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts*Part I:Trafficking in Colonial Africa*1. Trafficking and Reenslavement The Social Vulnerability of Women and Children in Nineteenth-Century East Africa Elisabeth McMahon*2. "Without the Slave Trade, No Recruitment" From Slave Trading to "Migrant Recruitment" in the Lower Congo, 1830-90 Jelmer Vos*3. The End of Slavery, "Crises" over Trafficking, and the Colonial State in the French Soudan Richard L. Roberts*4. "Under the Guise of Guardianship and Marriage" Mobilizing Juvenile and Female Labor in the Aftermath of Slavery in Kayes, French Soudan, 1900-1939 Marie Rodet*5. Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, and the Law in Colonial British West Africa, 1911-43 Carina Ray*6. Islamic Law and Trafficking in Women and Children in the Indian Ocean World Bernard K. Freamon*Part II: Contemporary Antitrafficking in Africa and Beyond*7. Trafficking and Human Exploitation in International Law, with Special Reference to Women and Children in Africa Jean Allain*8. Documenting Child Slavery with Personal Testimony The Origins of Antitrafficking NGOs and Contemporary Neo-abolitionism Benjamin N. Lawrance*9. Child-Trafficking Policymaking between Africa and Europe Margaret Akullo*10. The Story of Elsie A Case Study of Trafficking in Contemporary South Africa Susan Kreston*11. Ranking States Tracking the State Effect in West African Antitrafficking Campaigns Liza Stuart Buchbinder* Afterword. The Paradox of Women, Children, and Slavery Kevin Bales and Jody Sarich* Selected Bibliography* Notes on Contributors* Index
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Ohio University Press Making Modern Girls A History of Girlhood Labor
Book SynopsisIn Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood as well as its intersection with child labor in Lagos, Nigeria.Trade Review“One of the main planks on which this elegantly written book stands is the ideology of salvation as a political discourse and its deployment in the contestation over the notions of modern girlhood. The significance of Making Modern Girls in African studies is incontestable—it is by all standards one of the most sophisticated studies of girlhood in colonial Africa. George presents her carefully mined primary data in an engaging manner, rendering a first-rate analysis of the struggle about the ideas of modern girlhood by a spectrum of people (Nigerians and British).” * American Historical Review *“Firmly grounded and intellectually engaging, Making Modern Girls makes a significant contribution to colonial urban social history and also to the study of the late colonial state, its nationalist opponents, and their ‘welfarist’ and interventionist attitudes.”“By profiling the experiences of working-class girls—namely girl hawkers and ‘those who set out to save them in nineteenth-century colonial Lagos’—[George] emphasizes children as colonial subjects and discusses how an examination of their interactions with the colonial state adds a new perspective to our understanding of European rule, citizenship building, and knowledge production in Africa. … Making Modern Girls has something to offer to all readers. … This work offers a deep perspective on the contours of modernity in colonial Africa, while presenting new insights into the links among gender, labor, and sexuality in colonial Africa.” * African Studies Review *“George approaches the history of girls and girlhood through the lens of labour, focusing on the constitutive relationship between gender, class, generation, and work. Because of the dearth of scholarship focusing on girls as historical subjects, the author had to determine the different types of work that girls performed in public spaces and how adults responded to their labour. … Making Modern Girls … makes a significant contribution to scholarly understandings of girls and girlhood in modern Africa. … It would be useful in a historical methods course to show how silences in the historical record can be read as sources in and of themselves.” * Canadian Journal of History *
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Ohio University Press Making Modern Girls A History of Girlhood Labor
Book SynopsisIn Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood as well as its intersection with child labor in Lagos, Nigeria.Trade Review“One of the main planks on which this elegantly written book stands is the ideology of salvation as a political discourse and its deployment in the contestation over the notions of modern girlhood. The significance of Making Modern Girls in African studies is incontestable—it is by all standards one of the most sophisticated studies of girlhood in colonial Africa. George presents her carefully mined primary data in an engaging manner, rendering a first-rate analysis of the struggle about the ideas of modern girlhood by a spectrum of people (Nigerians and British).” * American Historical Review *“Firmly grounded and intellectually engaging, Making Modern Girls makes a significant contribution to colonial urban social history and also to the study of the late colonial state, its nationalist opponents, and their ‘welfarist’ and interventionist attitudes.”“By profiling the experiences of working-class girls—namely girl hawkers and ‘those who set out to save them in nineteenth-century colonial Lagos’—[George] emphasizes children as colonial subjects and discusses how an examination of their interactions with the colonial state adds a new perspective to our understanding of European rule, citizenship building, and knowledge production in Africa. … Making Modern Girls has something to offer to all readers. … This work offers a deep perspective on the contours of modernity in colonial Africa, while presenting new insights into the links among gender, labor, and sexuality in colonial Africa.” * African Studies Review *“George approaches the history of girls and girlhood through the lens of labour, focusing on the constitutive relationship between gender, class, generation, and work. Because of the dearth of scholarship focusing on girls as historical subjects, the author had to determine the different types of work that girls performed in public spaces and how adults responded to their labour. … Making Modern Girls … makes a significant contribution to scholarly understandings of girls and girlhood in modern Africa. … It would be useful in a historical methods course to show how silences in the historical record can be read as sources in and of themselves.” * Canadian Journal of History *
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Duke University Press Kids Media Culture
Book SynopsisTelevision shows, comic strips, video games, and other forms of media directed at children are the subject of frequent and rancorous debate. This volume examines the rise of mass media in postwar America. It focuses on television in schools and the ways that mass media convey messages about gender and socialisation.Trade Review“Kids’ Media Culture is a significant contribution to one of the most important and fastest growing areas of scholarly concern in media and cultural studies—the theory and history of childhood and adolescence. An extremely impressive range of topics are covered: different media and consumption practices, different historical periods, and considerations of the complexities of gender, class, and race.”—Eric Smoodin, author of Animating Culture: Hollywood Cartoons from the Sound Era“Rich with information and cultural analysis, these essays reveal the inadequacy of the simple binary oppositions that usually plague discussions of television and children.” -- Lucy Rollin * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Kids' Media Culture: An Introduction / Marsha Kinder 1 I. Children's Media Culture in the Postwar Era Innocence Abroad: The Geopolitics of Childhood in Postwar Kid Strips / Lynn Spigel 31 "Her Suffering Aristocratic Majesty": The Sentimental Value of Lassie / Henry Jenkins 69 Kings of the Wild Backyard: Davy Crockett and Children's Space / Sean Griffin 102 Out of Control: Television and the Transformation of Childhood in Late Capitalism / Jyotsna Kapur 122 II. Reception and Cultural Identity Sesame Street: Cognition and Communications Imperialism / Heather Hendershot 139 Ranging with Power on the Fox Kids Network: Or, Where on Earth is Children's Educational Television / Marsha Kinder 177 Xuxa S.A.: The Queen of Rede Globo in the Age of Transnational Capitalism / Elissa Rashkin 204 Saving Our So-Called Lives: Girl Fandom, Adolescent Subjectivity, and My So-Called Life / Susan Murray 221 III. Pedagogy and Power Power Rangers at Preschool: Negotiating Media in Child Care Settings / Ellen Seiter 239 What Girls Want: The Intersections of Leisure and Power in Female Computer Game Play / Heather Gilmour 263 Video Game Designs by Girls and Boys: Variability and Consistency of Gender Differences / Yasmin B. Kafai 293 Selective Bibliography on Children's Media Culture / Karen Orr Vered 317 Contributors 323 Index 325
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Duke University Press Babes in Tomorrowland
Book SynopsisExamines the place of Disney in the changing construction of childhood in mid-twentieth-century AmericaTrade Review“Babes in Tomorrowland is a phenomenally accomplished work. The coverage is encyclopedic, the argument masterful, and the prose consistently accessible and engaging. The amount of research is nothing short of monumental. There is no question that the book will make a significant impact on anyone working on contemporary children’s culture.”—Henry Jenkins, editor of The Children’s Culture Reader“Babes in Tomorrowland is an impressive work that meticulously documents historically shifting conceptions of the American child. This finely researched book will make a valuable contribution to our understanding of how children serve grown-up needs as adults strive to craft a better child to ensure a better tomorrow.”—Heather Hendershot, editor of Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics, and Economics of America’s Only TV Channel for Kids“Babes in Tomorrowland provides an engaging, scholarly account of how watching Beaver Valley and going to Disneyland became central to the socialization of modern American children and the national future.” -- Erika Doss * Journal of American History *“For those interested in a broad and soundly theoretical discussion of our changing social conceptions of childhood, and the economic and social sources of those conceptions, this book makes for valuable reading. . . . [A] vivid, extremely detailed history of child rearing in the early twentieth century, and a media company that blossomed alongside it.” -- Chris McGee * The Lion and the Unicorn *“Marvelously rich in source material and thoughtful in approach, Nicholas Sammond’s Babes in Tomorrowland is a history of American child-rearing practices in the mid-twentieth century. . . . [It] will be engaging reading for all interested in American childhood studies.” -- Martha Hixon * Children's Literature *“With Babes in Tomorrowland, Nicholas Sammond offers a fine genealogy of Disney (the man and the industry), middle-class tastes and the intellectual and market regulation of ‘the good child’ from the Great Depression to the early 1960s. Sammond draws upon a staggering wealth of primary and secondary sources to make an impressive case about how the rise of Walt Disney was closely tied to the rise of child development theory, media standards and anxiety over childhood.” -- Randal Doane * Journal of Consumer Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: The Child 1 1. Disney Makes Disney 25 2. Making a Manageable Child 81 3. In Middletown 135 4. America’s True-Life Adventure 195 5. Raising the Natural Child 247 6. Disney Maps the Frontier 300 Conclusion: The Child as Victim of Commodities 357 Notes 387 References 427 Filmography 453 Index 455
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Duke University Press Children of Fate
Book SynopsisDiscusses the history of child-rearing conditions and practices in late 19th and early 20th century Chile.Trade Review“Children of Fate is a remarkable historical account of the intertwining of family law, vernacular kinship practices, and class in late-19th-century Chile.” - Clara Han, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review“In Children of Fate, Milanich provides a richly textured study of childhoodand filiation in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chile that culls important stories from new archives and analyzes the liberal state’s role in ‘generating kinlessness.’. . . The resulting study provides an insightful and often heart-rending account of the vicissitudes of children without parents—and adults without kin—in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chile.” - Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Through a study of deeply rooted sociocultural structures . . . , Children of Fate seeks to understand how inequality has been produced, reproduced and perpetuated over time, resisting the cycles of economic growth and public policies that would supposedly end it. . . . Children of Fate stands out . . . for the importance of its subject and for contributing to a necessary and urgent discussion in Chilean society, reminding us that reducing social inequality cannot be left to economic growth but requires a cultural change that . . . even today has yet to materialize." - Pablo Whipple, A Contracorriente“In this beautifully written and well-crafted book, Nara B. Milanich convincingly argues that the family served as the nexus for class formation in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Chile. . . . [T]his study makes a major contribution to the burgeoning historiography of children in Latin America. In addition, Children of Fate should become required reading for students of class and state formation beyond Latin America.” - Robert Alegre, Labour/Le Travail“Children of Fate is truly original, with an extraordinary level of insight and analysis. Nara B. Milanich shows how class identity was manipulated by the liberal state in a way that maintained hierarchies, and she illustrates her arguments with rich examples gleaned from extensive archival research. A brilliant, first-rate book.”—Elizabeth Kuznesof, author of Household Economy and Urban Development: Sao Paulo, 1765 to 1836“Children of Fate tells a thoroughly engrossing, emotionally moving story about children in Latin American history. Nara B. Milanich’s extremely powerful and original arguments about family, law, class relations, and state formation in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America have major ramifications for rethinking Latin American social and labor history and will undoubtedly help reshape the agenda of future social and political history in the field.”—Heidi Tinsman, author of Partners in Conflict: The Politics of Gender, Sexuality, and Labor in the Chilean Agrarian Reform, 1950-1973“Children of Fate is a remarkable historical account of the intertwining of family law, vernacular kinship practices, and class in late-19th-century Chile.” -- Clara Han * PoLAR *“In Children of Fate, Milanich provides a richly textured study of childhoodand filiation in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chile that culls important stories from new archives and analyzes the liberal state’s role in ‘generating kinlessness.’. . . The resulting study provides an insightful and often heart-rending account of the vicissitudes of children without parents—and adults without kin—in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chile.” -- Elizabeth Quay Hutchison * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“In this beautifully written and well-crafted book, Nara B. Milanich convincingly argues that the family served as the nexus for class formation in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Chile. . . . [T]his study makes a major contribution to the burgeoning historiography of children in Latin America. In addition, Children of Fate should become required reading for students of class and state formation beyond Latin America.” -- Robert Alegre * Labour/Le Travail *"Through a study of deeply rooted sociocultural structures . . . , Children of Fate seeks to understand how inequality has been produced, reproduced and perpetuated over time, resisting the cycles of economic growth and public policies that would supposedly end it. . . . Children of Fate stands out . . . for the importance of its subject and for contributing to a necessary and urgent discussion in Chilean society, reminding us that reducing social inequality cannot be left to economic growth but requires a cultural change that . . . even today has yet to materialize." -- Pablo Whipple * A Contracorriente *Table of ContentsIllustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: State, Class Society, and Children in Chile 1 I. Children and Strangers: Filiation in Law and Practice 1. The Civil Code and the Liberalization of Kinship 41 2. Paternity, Childhood, and the Making of Class 70 II. Children of Don Nobody: Kinship and Social Hierarchy 3. Kindred and Kinless: The People without History 103 4. Birthrights: Natal Dispossession and the State 128 III. Other Peoples' Children: The Politics of Child Circulation 5. Vernacular Kinships in the Shadow of the State 157 6. Child Bondage in the Liberal Republic 183 Epilogue: Young Marginals at the Centenary: One Hundred Years of Huachos 216 Appendix 239 Abbreviations 245 Glossary 247 Notes 249 Bibliography 309 Index 333
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Fordham University Press Witnessing Girlhood Toward an Intersectional
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Witnessing Girlhood | 1 1. Girls in Crisis: Feminist Resistance in Life Writing by Women of Color | 13 2. Gender Pessimism and Survivor Storytelling in the Memoir Boom: Girl, Interrupted, Autobiography of a Face, and Nanette | 38 3. Visualizing Sexual Violence and Feminist Child Witness: A Child’s Life and Other Stories and Becoming Unbecoming | 63 4. Teaching Dissent through Picture Books: Girlhood Activism and Graphic Life Writing for the Child | 86 Epilogue. Twenty-First-Century Formations: Child Witness, Trans Life Writing, and Futurity | 101 Acknowledgments | 113 Notes | 115 Index | 141
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Fordham University Press Witnessing Girlhood
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Witnessing Girlhood | 1 1. Girls in Crisis: Feminist Resistance in Life Writing by Women of Color | 13 2. Gender Pessimism and Survivor Storytelling in the Memoir Boom: Girl, Interrupted, Autobiography of a Face, and Nanette | 38 3. Visualizing Sexual Violence and Feminist Child Witness: A Child’s Life and Other Stories and Becoming Unbecoming | 63 4. Teaching Dissent through Picture Books: Girlhood Activism and Graphic Life Writing for the Child | 86 Epilogue. Twenty-First-Century Formations: Child Witness, Trans Life Writing, and Futurity | 101 Acknowledgments | 113 Notes | 115 Index | 141
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Kregel Publications,U.S. Youth Ministry as Mission
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University of Missouri Press The Forgotten Generation
Book SynopsisThe struggles endured by American civilians during the Second World War are well documented, but accounts of the war years have mostly deliberated on the grown-ups' sacrifices. In The Forgotten Generation, Lisa Ossian explores the war's full implications for the lives of children.Trade ReviewLisa Ossian's book is a serious contribution to the literature on childhood. Through wide research and a careful reading of the literature on World War II and on children in war, she provides a valuable addition to our understanding of both."" - Paula S. Fass, author of Children of a New World: Society, Culture, and Globalization""The pioneering studies by Susan Hartmann, John Jeffries, and Allan Winkler offer important insights about the American home front during the Second World War. Lisa L. Ossian's study is a welcome addition to this collection because it adds insights about the lives of children in this volatile period. Americans who grew up during the war were a generation sandwiched between the so-called Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers. Their lives deserve the careful and sensitive attention Lisa Ossian provides in this important study."" - Kriste Lindenmeyer, author of The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s
£22.75
MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Costly and Cute Helpless Infants and Human
Book SynopsisScholars have long argued that the developmental state of the human infant at birth is unique. This volume expands that argument, pointing out that many distinctively human characteristics can be traced to the fact that we give birth to infants who are highly dependent on others and who learn how to be human while their brains are experiencing growth unlike that seen in other primates.
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Vanderbilt University Press Black Gurl Reliable
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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Becoming Byzantine Children and Childhood in
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Nurturing Children and Families Building on the
Book SynopsisThis volume celebrates the work and influence of T. Berry Brazelton, one of the world's foremost pediatricians, by bringing together contributions from researchers and clinicians whose own pioneering work has been inspired by Brazelton's foundations in the field of child development.Trade Review“This classic collection will enrich every infant mental health professional’s understanding of the legacy of T. Berry Brazelton and his influence on the infant and family field.” (Perspectives, Spring 2013)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Preface xxiv Joshua D. Sparrow and Barry M. Lester Acknowledgments xxx About T. Berry Brazelton xxxii A Tribute to T. Berry Brazelton xxxv Geoffrey Canada Part I A Scientific Revolution in Behavioral and Developmental Research 1 Section I Changing Paradigms 3 1 Transforming the Research Landscape 3 Barry M. Lester 2 Aligning Systems of Care with the Relational Imperative of Development: Building Community through Collaborative Consultation 15 Joshua D. Sparrow Section II Advances in Understanding Fetal and Newborn Behavior 29 3 Before Infant Assessment: Fetal Neurobehavior 29 Amy L. Salisbury 4 The Development of the NBAS: A Turning Point in Understanding the Newborn 42 J. Kevin Nugent 5 Keys to Developing Early Parent–Child Relationships 53 Kathryn E. Barnard 6 Prenatal Depression Effects on Neurobehavioral Dysregulation 64 Tiffany Field Section III Self-Regulatory and Relational Processes 73 7 A New Look at Parent–Infant Interaction: Infant Arousal Dynamics 73 Daniel N. Stern 8 Infants and Mothers: Self- and Mutual Regulation and Meaning Making 83 Ed Tronick Section IV Regression and Reorganization in Relational Models of Development 95 9 Patterns of Instability and Change: Observations on Regression Periods in Typically Developing Infants 95 Mikael Heimann 10 The Four Whys of Age-Linked Regression Periods in Infancy 107 Frans X. Plooij Section V Relational and Contextual Developmental Models 121 11 An Ethical Framework for Educating Children with Special Needs and All Children 121 Stanley I. Greenspan 12 Protective Environments in Africa and Elsewhere 132 Robert A. LeVine Section VI Neuroscience Perspectives on Relational and Developmental Models 141 13 A Neurobiological Perspective on the Work of Berry Brazelton 141 Allan N. Schore 14 Hidden Regulators Within the Mother–Infant Interaction 154 Myron Hofer 15 Temperaments as Sets of Preparedness 164 Jerome Kagan Part II From Theory to Practice: Innovations in Clinical Intervention 175 Section I Preventive Interventions: Home Visitation 177 16 Touchpoints in a Nurse Home Visiting Program 177 Kristie Brandt and J. Michael Murphy 17 The Nurse–Family Partnership 192 David L. Olds Section II Early Interventions: The Care of Infants Born Preterm 205 18 Advances in the Understanding and Care of the Preterm Infant 205 Heidelise Als 19 Fueling Development by Enhancing Infant–Caregiver Relationships: Transformation in the Developmental Therapies 219 Rosemarie Bigsby Section III Infant Mental Health and the Treatment of Early Trauma 231 20 Infant Mental Health 231 Charles H. Zeanah and Paula Doyle Zeanah 21 Ghosts and Angels in the Nursery: Conflict and Hope in Raising Babies 242 Alicia F. Lieberman and William W. Harris 22 Understanding and Helping Traumatized Infants and Families 254 Joy D. Osofsky and Howard J. Osofsky 23 Child Maltreatment: The Research Imperative and the Exportation of Results to Clinical Contexts 264 Dante Cicchetti and Sheree L. Toth Part III Translational Science: Implications for Professional Development, Systems of Care, and Policy 275 Section I Changing Practice and Improving Care through Professional Development 277 24 Developing the Infant Mental Health Workforce: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strengths for Translating Research to Professional Development and Practice 277 Libby Zimmerman 25 The Touchpoints Approach for Early Childhood Care and Education Providers 288 Jayne Singer and John Hornstein 26 Early Innovations in Behavioral/Developmental Pediatric Fellowship Training: A Fresh Approach to Medical Professional Development 300 Constance H. Keefer Section II Innovating Change in Service Delivery, Systems of Care, and Policy 309 27 The Birth of Child Life: Creating a Child-Friendly, Developmental Hospital Environment 309 Myra D. Fox 28 Improving Healthcare Service Delivery Systems and Outcomes with Relationship-based Nursing Practices 321 Ann C. Stadtler, Julie C. Novak, and Joshua D. Sparrow 29 Translating the Science of Early Childhood Development into Policy and Practice 332 Daniel Pedersen and Jack P. Shonkoff 30 Placing Relationships at the Core of Early Care and Education Programs 341 Francine Jacobs, Mallary I. Swartz, Jessica Dym Bartlett, and M. Ann Easterbrooks Section III Changing Ways of Being 353 31 Respect and Healing 353 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Index 363
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Great Myths of Child Development
Book SynopsisGreat Myths of Child Development reveals the latest evidence-based science behind the myths and misconceptions about the developing child.Table of ContentsPreface x Introduction 1 1 Beginnings 9 #1 Identical twins have a telepathic connection that originates in the womb 10 #2 Couples dealing with infertility are more likely to get pregnant if they adopt 16 #3 Parents can predict the sex of a fetus by examining the shape of the mother’s body 22 #4 All boys have one Y chromosome (and all girls don’t) 27 #5 The attachment parenting approach strengthens the mother–infant bond 34 Speed busting for beginnings 41 #6 Identical twins have identical genes 41 #7 A woman who is already pregnant can’t get pregnant again 42 #8 The Chinese lunar calendar accurately predicts the sex of a baby 42 #9 Female fetuses have faster heart rates than male fetuses 43 #10 Epidurals create a high risk of harm during delivery 43 #11 More babies are born during a full moon 44 #12 Pre-chewing a baby’s food has no known risks 44 2 Growth, Body, & Mind 47 #13 Letting babies “cry it out” during bedtime is harmful to their development 48 #14 Sugar intake causes children to be hyperactive 55 #15 Using a baby walker will help a toddler walk sooner 60 #16 Showing cognitively stimulating videos to babies boosts their intelligence 65 #17 Using “baby talk” with an infant delays their ability to speak normally 71 #18 Vaccines caused the rise in autism diagnoses 77 Speed busting for growth, body, & mind 85 #19 A good response to stimulant medication is proof that a child has ADHD 85 #20 Requiring children to “clean their plates” promotes healthy eating habits 86 #21 Dyslexia’s defining feature is letter reversal 86 #22 Most babies can learn to read with the right learning program 87 #23 Educational kinesiology promotes learning in children 87 #24 Facilitated communication is effective for children with autism 87 #25 Dolphin-assisted therapy effectively treats children with special needs 88 3 Emotions & Behavior 92 #26 Bed-wetting is a sign of serious emotional problems 93 #27 Most antidepressants for children with depression are approved by the FDA 99 #28 Drawings contain specific signs useful in identifying subconscious problems 106 #29 Most toddlers go through a “terrible twos” stage 115 #30 Kids can be “scared straight” from delinquency 122 Speed busting for emotions & behavior 129 #31 Parents can usually tell when their child is depressed 129 #32 Young girls are more likely to have clinical depression than young boys 130 #33 Helping children avoid their fears is the best way to decrease their anxiety 130 #34 Adults can usually tell if a child is lying 131 #35 Seeing other people be aggressive will decrease children’s aggressive drive 131 #36 School homicides are on the rise 132 #37 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) prevents drug use 132 4 Social Environment 135 #38 An “only child” is likely to be selfish, spoiled, and socially incompetent 136 #39 Divorce ruins most kids’ lives 142 #40 If you “spare the rod” you will “spoil the child” 148 #41 Brief time-outs are too weak to help decrease real behavior problems 156 #42 Daycare damages the attachment between children and parents 162 #43 Imaginary friends are a sign of social-emotional problems in children 168 Speed busting for social environment 174 #44 Birth order is a powerful predictor of a child’s personality 174 #45 The most common reason for sibling fights is the rivalry for parental love 174 #46 Parent–child relationship disruptions can be repaired with holding therapy 174 #47 Fathers use more corporal punishment than mothers 175 #48 Rewards usually decrease the desirable behavior they’re intended to increase 175 #49 Praise undermines children’s ability to be successful 176 #50 Parents were not permissive when I was a kid 177 Postscript: Closing Thoughts 180 Index 189
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Great Myths of Child Development
Book SynopsisGreat Myths of Child Development reveals the latest evidence-based science behind the myths and misconceptions about the developing child.Trade Review"the book is intriguing since it undertakes to question some widely held and strong beliefs, not only for parents who might read it but to the field of academic child development. Having studied children’s development as a researcher, clinician, and parent, I found the questioning of “facts” refreshing and important and would recommend it as an additional reading for students interested in child development." (PsycCRITIQUES 2016)Table of ContentsPreface x Introduction 1 1 Beginnings 9 #1 Identical twins have a telepathic connection that originates in the womb 10 #2 Couples dealing with infertility are more likely to get pregnant if they adopt 16 #3 Parents can predict the sex of a fetus by examining the shape of the mother’s body 22 #4 All boys have one Y chromosome (and all girls don’t) 27 #5 The attachment parenting approach strengthens the mother–infant bond 34 Speed busting for beginnings 41 #6 Identical twins have identical genes 41 #7 A woman who is already pregnant can’t get pregnant again 42 #8 The Chinese lunar calendar accurately predicts the sex of a baby 42 #9 Female fetuses have faster heart rates than male fetuses 43 #10 Epidurals create a high risk of harm during delivery 43 #11 More babies are born during a full moon 44 #12 Pre-chewing a baby’s food has no known risks 44 2 Growth, Body, & Mind 47 #13 Letting babies “cry it out” during bedtime is harmful to their development 48 #14 Sugar intake causes children to be hyperactive 55 #15 Using a baby walker will help a toddler walk sooner 60 #16 Showing cognitively stimulating videos to babies boosts their intelligence 65 #17 Using “baby talk” with an infant delays their ability to speak normally 71 #18 Vaccines caused the rise in autism diagnoses 77 Speed busting for growth, body, & mind 85 #19 A good response to stimulant medication is proof that a child has ADHD 85 #20 Requiring children to “clean their plates” promotes healthy eating habits 86 #21 Dyslexia’s defining feature is letter reversal 86 #22 Most babies can learn to read with the right learning program 87 #23 Educational kinesiology promotes learning in children 87 #24 Facilitated communication is effective for children with autism 87 #25 Dolphin-assisted therapy effectively treats children with special needs 88 3 Emotions & Behavior 92 #26 Bed-wetting is a sign of serious emotional problems 93 #27 Most antidepressants for children with depression are approved by the FDA 99 #28 Drawings contain specific signs useful in identifying subconscious problems 106 #29 Most toddlers go through a “terrible twos” stage 115 #30 Kids can be “scared straight” from delinquency 122 Speed busting for emotions & behavior 129 #31 Parents can usually tell when their child is depressed 129 #32 Young girls are more likely to have clinical depression than young boys 130 #33 Helping children avoid their fears is the best way to decrease their anxiety 130 #34 Adults can usually tell if a child is lying 131 #35 Seeing other people be aggressive will decrease children’s aggressive drive 131 #36 School homicides are on the rise 132 #37 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) prevents drug use 132 4 Social Environment 135 #38 An “only child” is likely to be selfish, spoiled, and socially incompetent 136 #39 Divorce ruins most kids’ lives 142 #40 If you “spare the rod” you will “spoil the child” 148 #41 Brief time-outs are too weak to help decrease real behavior problems 156 #42 Daycare damages the attachment between children and parents 162 #43 Imaginary friends are a sign of social-emotional problems in children 168 Speed busting for social environment 174 #44 Birth order is a powerful predictor of a child’s personality 174 #45 The most common reason for sibling fights is the rivalry for parental love 174 #46 Parent–child relationship disruptions can be repaired with holding therapy 174 #47 Fathers use more corporal punishment than mothers 175 #48 Rewards usually decrease the desirable behavior they’re intended to increase 175 #49 Praise undermines children’s ability to be successful 176 #50 Parents were not permissive when I was a kid 177 Postscript: Closing Thoughts 180 Index 189
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Development of Mirror SelfRecognition in
Book SynopsisThe overarching goal of the present study was to trace the development of mirror self-recognition (MSR), as an index oftoddlers sense of themselves and others as autonomous intentional agents, in different sociocultural environments.Table of ContentsAbstract vii Introduction 1 Method 24 Results 37 Discussion 66 References 81 Acknowledgments 87 Contributors 88 Statement of Editorial Policy 89 Subject Index 91 Author Index 98
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children and Media
Book SynopsisTaking a global and interdisciplinary approach, Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood. Primer to global issues and core research into children and the media integrating work from around the world Comprehensive integration of work that bridges disciplines, theoretical and research traditions and methods Covers both critical/qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic Table of ContentsPreface xi Companion Website xv Introduction 1 1 Media and Children at Home 13 2 Media and Individual Development 38 3 Media, Learning, and Literacy 72 4 Media and Health-related Behaviors 98 5 Media and Perceptions of Self and Society 135 6 Media, Sociality, and Participation 176 7 Media Literacy Education 195 8 Policy and Advocacy 208 Conclusions: Growing Up with Media 233 References 243 Index 268
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children and Media
Book SynopsisTaking a global and interdisciplinary approach, Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood. Primer to global issues and core research into children and the media integrating work from around the world Comprehensive integration of work that bridges disciplines, theoretical and research traditions and methods Covers both critical/qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic Table of ContentsPreface xi Companion Website xv Introduction 1 1 Media and Children at Home 13 2 Media and Individual Development 38 3 Media, Learning, and Literacy 72 4 Media and Health-related Behaviors 98 5 Media and Perceptions of Self and Society 135 6 Media, Sociality, and Participation 176 7 Media Literacy Education 195 8 Policy and Advocacy 208 Conclusions: Growing Up with Media 233 References 243 Index 268
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Family Life Project
Book SynopsisAbout 20% of children in the United States live in rural communities, with child poverty rates higher and geographic isolation from resources greater than in urban communities. Yet, there have been surprisingly few studies of children living in rural communities, especially poor rural communities. The Family Life Project helped fill this gap by using an epidemiological design to recruit and study a representative sample of every baby born to a mother who resided in one of six poor rural counties over a one year period, oversampling for poverty and African American. 1,292 children were followed from birth to 36 months of age. This study used a cumulative risk framework to examine the relation between social risk and children''s executive functioning, language development, and behavioral competence at 36 months. Using both the Family Process Model of development and the Family Investment Model of development, observed parenting was examined as a mediator and/or moderator of this relatTable of ContentsABSTRACT vii I. POVERTY, RURALITY, PARENTING, AND RISK: AN INTRODUCTIONLynne Vernon-Feagans and Martha Cox 1 II. RECRUITMENT OF THE FAMILY LIFE PROJECT SAMPLEMichael Willoughby, Margaret Burchinal, Patricia Garrett-Peters, Roger Mills-Koonce, Lynne Vernon-Feagans, and Martha Cox 24 III. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMILIES AND CHILDRENPatricia Garrett-Peters and Roger Mills-Koonce 36 IV. POVERTY AND ASSOCIATED SOCIAL RISKS: TOWARD A CUMULATIVE RISK FRAMEWORKMargaret Burchinal and Michael Willoughby 53 V. CUMULATIVE RISK AND ITS RELATION TO PARENTING AND CHILD OUTCOMES AT 36 MONTHSFLP Key Investigators 66 VI. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN RURAL POVERTYFLP Key Investigators 92 REFERENCES 109 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 126 COMMENTARY RURAL CHILDREN AT RISK 127Rand D. Conger CONTRIBUTORS 139 STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 142 SUBJECT INDEX 144
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Child Emotional Security and Interparental
Book SynopsisChild Emotional Security and Interparental Conflict tests a theory proposing that high levels of conflict between parents leads to an increased child risk for mental health difficulties by shaking the child''s sense of security in the family. This insecurity was associated with greater mental health difficulties, even when considering the role of prior mental health, child perceptions of parental conflict, and parent-child relations.Table of ContentsAbstract. I. Introduction and Literature Review. II. Study 1: Child Responses to Interparental Conflict: Comparing the Relative Roles Of Emotional Security and Social Learning Processes. III. Study 2: Relations Between Interparental Conflict, Child Emotional Security, and Adjustment in the Context of Cognitive Appraisals. IV. Study 3: Parental Conflict and Child Security in the Family System. V. Study 4: Family Characteristics as Potentiating and Protective Factors in the Association Between Parental Conflict and Child Functioning. VI. Conclusions, Implications, and Future Directions. VII. References. VIII. Acknowledgements. IX. Commentary: Mechanisms in the Development of Emotional Organization. X. Contributors. xi. Statement of Editorial Policy.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Childrens Friendships
Book SynopsisDrawing on evidence from studies on both sides of the Atlantic, this beautifully written book from Judy Dunn, the leading international authority on childhood development, considers the nature and significance of children's early friendships. accessible and comprehensive book on friendship, beautifully written by a world authority; features a foreword by Jerome Bruner, one of the most influential psychologists alive today; stresses the importance of friendships to young children and considers the implications of friendship for our understanding of children's development more generally; draws out the practical implications for parents, teachers and those who care for children; considers how to help children with friendship difficulties and what to do about ''trouble-making'' friendships and bullying; latest addition to the Understanding Children's WorldsTrade Review"Judy Dunn has the happy knack of helping us to look afresh at the children we thought we knew - including our own. Her new book shows that in the context of friendship, children have an opportunity - from kindergarten upward - to go on imaginary adventures, to engage in give-and-take and, eventually, to learn about commitment in ways that the immediate family can rarely match. We glimpse children at their best in this delightful book - and sympathize all the more with those children who want to make friends but have none." Paul Harris, Harvard Graduate School of Education "This magical new book by Judy Dunn explores the development of friendships in young children. She draws on close observation of toddlers, pre-schoolers and school children to demonstrate the role of intimate friendships in encouraging children to share ideas, coordinate pretend play and express affection for those that are not kin. This book will inform the practice of professionals who care for young children and intrigue parents – who will see immediately how the friendships of their own children are the spur to imagining what’s in the mind and heart of another." Kathy Sylva, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Oxford "Judy Dunn, one of our most astute chroniclers of children's social lives, provides a fascinating glimpse into the often neglected world of children's friendships. Using real-life illustrations from her own studies as well as rich insights from novelists and biographers, she convincingly shows the important place of friends in children's development. Parents as well as professionals will learn much from this timely and readable volume." Ross D. Parke, Director, Center for Family Studies, University of California Riverside "Children's Friendships is a beautifully written account of children's early friendships by Judy Dunn, the leading international authority on childhood development." Primary Times, 29th Nov - 7th Feb 2005 "The excitement, the pleasures, problems and humour, the compelling intensity of these relationships with friends (and enemies) in writers' early lives and their fiction are interwoven in Children's Friendships with the present-day examples from the children in Dunn's research and that of others." SirReadaLot.org, January Issue. Table of ContentsForeword viJerome S. Bruner List of figures viii Acknowledgements ix 1. Friends matter 1 2. Beginnings 12 3. Friends within a social world: the early years 34 4. Differences in children’s friendships: links with social understanding 48 5. With a little help from my friends 69 6. Intrigues, bullying, rejection and loneliness 82 7. Girls, boys and friendship 99 8. Parents and Friends 119 9. Siblings and Friends 142 10 Implications 155 Appendix: How can parents help children over friendship difficulties? 161 Notes 165 References 179 Name index 199 Subject Index 201
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to Childhood
Book SynopsisIn An Introduction to Childhood, Heather Montgomery examines the role children have played within anthropology, how they have been studied by anthropologists and how they have been portrayed and analyzed in ethnographic monographs over the last one hundred and fifty years. Offers a comprehensive overview of childhood from an anthropological perspective Draws upon a wide range of examples and evidence from different geographical areas and belief systems Synthesizes existing literature on the anthropology of childhood, while providing a fresh perspective Engages students with illustrative ethnographies to illuminate key topics and themes Trade Review“Although this work will be most useful for an upper-level undergraduate audience, more advanced readers will also enjoy it for its readability, the considerable breadth of literature covered, and its serious attempt to place children at the forefront of anthropology.” (Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 1 April 2011) "Heather Montgomery illustrates the many ways that anthropologists have written about children over the past 150 years with enviable clarity and economy. Her book will be required reading for students, academics, and professionals in understanding childhood in context." (Journal of Folklore Research, 19 January 2011) "An Introduction to Childhood is nicely written and makes the case well for undergraduate audiences that it is important to consider cultural differences in ideas about childhood. This is a timely issue and the book should be a useful addition to introductory undergraduate courses." (International Joumal of Sociology of the Family, February 2010) "A timely, readable, and important work for all academic libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended." (CHOICE, October 2009) "This book deserves a wide audience; it is an important resource not only for students of anthropology but also to people working in child protection in cross-cultural settings. ... Invaluable." (Children & Society, 2009) "Throughout the book, the discussions give an insight into classic and contemporary anthropology related to children, which is important for everyone working with research in similar fields. The book is especially relevant for students. The style is clear and approachable … .Although it is not required of the reader to read the book from cover to cover, I strongly recommend doing so." (Childhood in the Past, 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 Childhood within Anthropology 17 Introduction 17 Children: The First Primitives 18 Culture and Personality 22 Cross-Cultural Studies of Child-Rearing 26 Children in British Anthropology 34 The Gendered Child 38 Child-Centered Anthropology 43 Conclusion 49 2 What is a Child? 50 Introduction 50 Childhood as a Modern Idea: The Influence of Philippe Ariès 51 Conceptualizations of Childhood 53 Children as Incompetent or Subordinate 56 Children as Equals 61 Children as a Means of Forming Families and Giving Status 63 Children as an Economic Investment 67 Unwanted and Nonhuman Children 70 Conclusion 77 3 The Beginning of Childhood 79 Introduction 79 Fetuses 80 Spirit Children 87 Reincarnation 95 Anomalies 98 Conclusion 103 4 Family, Friends, and Peers 104 Introduction 104 The Role of Parents 105 Adoption and Fosterage 107 Children outside the Family 118 Siblings 121 Friends and Peer Groups 126 Conclusion 132 5 Talking, Playing, and Working 134 Introduction 134 Learning Language 135 Children and Play 141 Work or Play? 149 Conclusion 155 6 Discipline, Punishment, and Abuse 156 Introduction 156 Discipline and Punishment in the Western Tradition 157 Physical Punishment 159 Alternatives to Physical Punishment 166 Who Can Punish Children? 170 Child Abuse 172 Conclusion 179 7 Children and Sexuality 181 Introduction 181 Anthropology, Sexuality, and Childhood 182 Children and Sex: The Influence of Freud 184 Incest and Abuse 187 Ethnographies of Children and Sexuality 190 Child Prostitution 196 Conclusion 200 8 Adolescence and Initiation 201 Introduction 201 What is Adolescence? 202 Adolescence and Globalization 207 Initiation 212 Initiation: A Psychological Approach 215 Initiation and Education 221 Initiation and Gender 224 Initiation: The End of Childhood? 228 Conclusion 231 Conclusion 233 Bibliography 239 Index 270
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children and Television
Book SynopsisThis book offers an integrative view on children and television from the accumulated global literature in this field of the last 50 years, drawing on a diverse spectrum of research. combining both the American and European traditions.Trade Review“An integrated analysis of research from all over the world on interrelationships between children and television in various national cultural contexts… Her book profits from her work in three areas of the world (the US, Europe, and Israel) [and] from her 25 years of research on this subject… Recommended.” CHOICE "Dafna Lemish offers up an overview of everything you ever wanted to know about children and television." Video Age "Children and Television is a very nicely crafted text that chronicles the integration of television into the lives of children and their families over the past 50 years. Given its accessible style, the text should have appeal within the academic community and among the lay public. In fact, the latter stand to gain the most in terms of better understanding, from a scientifically substantiated vantage point, of how television has fit into children's lives today and how it will prepare them for the inevitable integration of more sophisticated media forms into their lives tomorrow." PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. The Home of Television Viewing. 2. Television and Individual Development. 3. Television and the Behavior of Children. 4. Television and the Social Construction of Reality. 5. Television and Learning. 6. Implications for Education and Policy. 7. Conclusion: Growing up in a Global Screen Culture. Recommended Sources for Additional Readings. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children and Television
Book SynopsisThis book offers an integrative view on children and television from the accumulated global literature in this field of the last 50 years, drawing on a diverse spectrum of research. combining both the American and European traditions. Children and Television features an international approach, balancing the need to contextualize television in children''s lives in their unique cultural spaces, as well as searching for universal understandings that hold true for children around the world. Presents an inclusive view on children and television, examining the accumulated global literature in this field of the last 50 years Combines both the European tradition, characterized by a more sociological and cultural studies perspective to the field, with the American tradition, influenced heavily by the developmental psychological studies Draws together a methodological diversity from both the quantitative (experimental and survey) and qualitative (eTrade Review“An integrated analysis of research from all over the world on interrelationships between children and television in various national cultural contexts… Her book profits from her work in three areas of the world (the US, Europe, and Israel) [and] from her 25 years of research on this subject… Recommended.” CHOICE "Dafna Lemish offers up an overview of everything you ever wanted to know about children and television." Video Age "Children and Television is a very nicely crafted text that chronicles the integration of television into the lives of children and their families over the past 50 years. Given its accessible style, the text should have appeal within the academic community and among the lay public. In fact, the latter stand to gain the most in terms of better understanding, from a scientifically substantiated vantage point, of how television has fit into children's lives today and how it will prepare them for the inevitable integration of more sophisticated media forms into their lives tomorrow." PsycCRITIQUES Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. The Home of Television Viewing. 2. Television and Individual Development. 3. Television and the Behavior of Children. 4. Television and the Social Construction of Reality. 5. Television and Learning. 6. Implications for Education and Policy. 7. Conclusion: Growing up in a Global Screen Culture. Recommended Sources for Additional Readings. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children and Social Exclusion
Book SynopsisChildren and Social Exclusion: Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity explores the origins of prejudice and the emergence of morality to explain why children include some and exclude others. Formulates an original theory about children's experiences with exclusion and how they understand the world of discrimination based on group membership Brings together Social Domain Theory and Social Identity Theory to explain how children view exclusion that often results in prejudice, and inclusion that reflects social justice and morality Presents new research data consisting of in-depth interviews from childhood to late adolescence, observational findings with peer groups, and experimental paradigms that test how children understand group dynamics and social norms, and show either group bias or morality Illustrates data with direct quotes from children along with diagrams depicting their social understanding Presents new insights aboutTrade Review“Killen and Rutland provide expert broad-ranging reviews of relevant theories, research, and interventions and conclude with an integrative framework for understanding and addressing peer exclusion." (Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012) "Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." (Choice, 1 November 2011) "In sum, as we continue to understand and decipher the development of exclusion and inclusion in children, the framework provided by Killen and Rutland will be an unequivocal guide and impetus for a myriad of empirical studies in the human development field. After reading this impressive book, I believe the future of scholarship in this area (and our collective future) is bright and exciting!" (Human Development Journal, 2013) Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface xi Preface xiii Chapter 1 Introduction: Exclusion and Inclusion in Children’s Lives 1 Theories of Social Cognition, Social Relationships, and Exclusion 3 Types of Exclusion 6 Goals of the Book 7 Summary 7 Chapter 2 The Emergence of Morality in Childhood 9 Morality in Childhood 10 What Morality is Not 10 Criteria, Definitions, and Measurements of Morality 11 Morality Encompasses Judgment, Emotions, Individuals, and Groups 12 Social Precursors of Moral Judgment 13 Moral Judgment and Interaction in Childhood 19 Morality as Justice 23 Social Domain Model of Social and Moral Judgment 25 Moral Generalizability 30 Morality in the Context of Other Social Concepts: Multifaceted Events 32 Morality and Theory of Mind 34 Morality and Social-Cognitive Development 35 Summary 35 Chapter 3 Emergence of Social Categorization and Prejudice 37 Social Categorization as a Precursor of Prejudice 38 Explicit Biases in Young Children 44 Cognitive Developmental Approach to Prejudice Development 47 Development of Implicit Biases 50 Relation of Implicit Bias to Judgment and Behavior: Is it Prejudice? 53 Summary 57 Chapter 4 Group Identity and Prejudice 59 Is Group Identity Good or Bad? 60 Social Identity Theory 62 Social Identity Development Theory 64 Theory of Social Mind and the Control of Prejudice 68 Moral or Group Norms and the Control of Prejudice 70 Processes Underlying the Control of Prejudice 73 Developmental Subjective Group Dynamics 77 Morality and Group Identity 81 Summary 84 Chapter 5 What We Know about Peer Relations and Exclusion 86 Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Exclusion: Social Traits and Individual Differences 87 Intragroup and Intergroup Exclusion: Ingroup/Outgroup Identity 90 Social Reasoning and Exclusion 92 Gender Exclusion in Early Childhood: Okay or Unfair? 94 Comparing Gender and Racial Exclusion: Group Goals and Qualifications 97 Interviewing Ethnic Minority and Majority Children and Adolescents about Exclusion 100 Social Reasoning about Exclusion in Adolescence: Crowds, Cliques, and Networks 108 Social Reasoning about Sexual Prejudice 108 Exclusion in Interracial Encounters: Lunch Table, Birthday Parties, and Dating 109 Gender Exclusion in the Family Context: Children’s Views about Parental Expectations 113 Summary 116 Chapter 6 Intragroup and Intergroup Exclusion: An In-depth Study 118 Group Dynamics: Conceptions of Groups in the Context of Exclusion 118 Group Dynamics: Group Identity, Group-Specific Norms, Domain-Specific Norms 119 Group-Specific Norms 123 Deviance in Social Groups 123 Group Identity 124 Implications for Group Identity in Childhood 132 Summary 132 Chapter 7 Peer Exclusion and Group Identity Around the World: The Role of Culture 134 Cultural Context of Exclusion 136 Long-Standing Intergroup Cultural Conflicts 137 Cultures with Intractable and Violent Conflict 138 Recently Immigrated Groups 143 Intergroup Exclusion Based on Indigenous Groups 151 Summary 152 Chapter 8 Increasing Inclusion, Reducing Prejudice, and Promoting Morality 154 Intergroup Contact and Reducing Prejudice 156 Intergroup Contact and Children 157 Cross-group Friendships and Prejudice 158 Intergroup Contact and Minority Status Children 163 Reducing Implicit Biases through Intergroup Contact 165 Reducing Prejudice through Extended Intergroup Contact 166 Promoting Inclusion through the Mass Media 171 Intergroup Contact and Promoting Moral Reasoning in Children 174 Multicultural Education and Social Exclusion 176 Factors that Reduce Childhood Bias 178 Summary 180 Chapter 9 Integration of Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity: A New Perspective on Social Exclusion 181 Theories about Peer Relationships 181 Theories about Social Exclusion 183 Children as Active Participants 185 Judgments, Beliefs, Attitudes, Attributions of Emotions, and Behavior 187 Implicit and Indirect Measures of Prejudice and Exclusion 190 An Integrative Social-Cognitive Developmental Perspective on Social Exclusion 191 Social Experience Factors that Promote Inclusion 192 Exclusion and Prejudice 193 Summary 193 References 197 Index 223
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Young Peoples Perspectives on the Rights of the
Book SynopsisThis special issue highlights the complexity, breadth, and range of topics pertaining to children's rights as a social issue. The contributions included in this issue provide current theory and empirical research addressing the ways in which children and youth conceptualize their need for rights in contexts such as the family, school, community, and greater society. Additionally, the contributions address the implications this research has for policy and practice centered on the rights of children and youth in varying social contexts. As such this issue will be of interest to all those who advocate for young people in a variety of setting, as well as those whose work pertains to bettering the lives children and youth more generally. Focuses on children's and adolescents' conceptions of their rights and responsibilities. Articles utilize the best developmental science and theoretical frameworks to address the tensions and complexities of chTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION. Charting the Landscape of Children’s Rights Martin D. Ruck and Stacey S. Horn. THEORETICAL, CONCEPTUAL, AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS. The Rights of Children, the Rights of Nations: Developmental Theory and the Politics of Children’s Rights Colette Daiute. Regardless of Frontiers: Adolescents and the Human Right to Information Roger J. R. Levesque. Studying Children’s Perspectives on Self-Determination and Nurturance Rights: Issues and Challenges Michele Peterson-Badali and Martin D. Ruck. YOUNG PEOPLE’S VIEWS OF PROTECTION AND PARTICIPATION IN EVERYDAY CONTEXTS. Adolescents’ Perceptions of Rights as Reflected in Their Views of Citizenship Lonnie R. Sherrod. Schooling, Sexuality, and Rights: An Investigation of Heterosexual Students’ Social Cognition Regarding Sexual Orientation and the Rights of Gay and Lesbian Peers in School Stacey S. Horn, Laura A. Szalacha, and Karen Drill. It’s My Body and None of Your Business: Developmental Changes in Adolescents’ Perceptions of Rights Concerning Health Constance A. Flanagan, Michael Stout, and Leslie S. Gallay. CULTURAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS. Children’s Nurturance and Self-Determination Rights: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Isabelle D. Cherney and Yee L. Shing. How Adolescents in 27 Countries Understand, Support, and Practice Human Rights Judith Torney-Purta, Britt Wilkenfeld, and Carolyn Barber. Adolescents’ Approach toward Children’s Rights: Comparison among Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Children in Jerusalem Mona Khoury-Kassabri and Asher Ben-Arieh. COMMENTARY. Beyond Balancing: Toward an Integrated Approach to Children’s Rights Gary B. Melton. 2007 KURT LEWIN AWARD ADDRESS. Introduction to Kay Deaux’s Lewin Award Address Brenda N. Major. To Be an American: Immigration, Hyphenation, and Incorporation Kay Deaux
£45.55
Johns Hopkins University Press Children and Childhood in Classical Athens
Book SynopsisThe book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources.Trade ReviewGreatly impressed by Golden's work on two general counts. First, there's his ability to make clear for the non-specialist the thought-processes of his discipline... Second, the range of his reference to various other fields, to modern literature and history, to the diversity of cultural experience and the universals of human existence. -- Tim Morris LectionTable of ContentsList of FiguresPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1. Characteristics of Childhood and Children2. The Child in the Household and the Community3. The Child and His or Her Peers4. Parents and Children5. Brothers, Sisters, and Grandparents6. Outsiders and Alliances7. Change over TimeList of AbbreviationsNotesBibliographySource IndexGeneral Index
£999.99
American Psychological Association Pretend Play in Childhood
Book SynopsisSandra W. Russ reviews the theory and research on pretend play and creativity, arguing that pretend play in childhood provides a foundation for adult creativity.Trade ReviewQuite fascinating and in many ways compelling. * PsycCRITIQUES *Thorough and simply organized, this title is an invaluable resource. * Choice *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Pretend Play and Creativity: An Overview Chapter 2: Evolutionary, Psychoanalytic, and Developmental Theories of Pretend Play and Creativity Chapter 3: Cognitive Processes in Pretend Play and Creativity Chapter 4: Affective Processes in Pretend Play and Creativity Chapter 5: Case Studies in Science and Technology Chapter 6: Case Studies in the Arts Chapter 7: Facilitating Pretend Play and Creativity in Training Programs Chapter 8: Play, Culture, and the Modern World Afterword: Converging Evidence Appendix A: Affect in Play Scale Appendix B: Transcripts From Play Facilitation Sessions References Index About the Author
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American Psychological Association Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Schools
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive, landmark guide presents an evidence-based approach to assessment and instruction in K-12 education that takes into account individual differences in students.Table of ContentsPrefaceI. Basic Principles of Interdisciplinary Teamwork Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Frameworks Using the Interdisciplinary Frameworks in Practice II. Developmental Stepping Stones in Assessment and Instruction Evidence-Based Use of Tests and Assessments in 21st-Century Education Linking Instruction and Assessment in Early Childhood Linking Instruction and Assessment in Middle Childhood Linking Instruction and Assessment in Adolescence III. Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Understanding the Biological Bases of Development and Learning A Genetics Primer and Brain Primer for Interdisciplinary Frameworks Diagnosing Pervasive and Specific Developmental Disabilities and Talent Diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities and Twice Exceptionality Neurogenetic Disorders Brain-Related Disorders and Other Health Conditions IV. Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Understanding Environmental Bases of Development and LearningRacial, Cultural, Family, Linguistic, and Socioeconomic Diversity and the Story of RoseV. Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Understanding Legal, Ethical, and Institutional Issues Perspectives of a Neuropsychologist Working in an Interdisciplinary Setting With Students With Learning Disabilities and Their Parents and Teachers Opportunities for Educators to Advocate for Students Child Custody Litigation and School Personnel Fostering Positive School–Family Relationships Appendix A: Becoming a Critical Consumer of Interdisciplinary Research for Translating Research Into PracticeAppendix B: Honor Role Model List Representing Exemplary Practices by Members of Different Professions on Interdisciplinary Teams in SchoolsIndexAbout the Author
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American Psychological Association Teleconsultation in Schools
Book SynopsisA practical guide for school psychologists and researchers that demonstrates how advances in telehealth can be applied to school consultation with students, educators, and families.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Series ForewordMichelle Perfect Preface Part I. Foundations of School Teleconsultation Chapter 1. The Historical Context of School Teleconsultation Chapter 2. Professional and Ethical Issues in School Teleconsultation Part II. A Practical Guide to School Teleconsultation Chapter 3. Relationship Building During School Teleconsultation Chapter 4. Problem Identification During School Teleconsultation Chapter 5. Problem Analysis During School Teleconsultation Chapter 6. Intervention Planning, Training, and Support Chapter 7. Evaluation of the Teleconsultation Process and Outcomes Part III. Barriers to School Teleconsultation and Future Directions Chapter 8. Navigating Barriers to School Teleconsultation Chapter 9. Future Directions in School Teleconsultation References Index About the Authors
£32.40
