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Understanding childhood is a fresh look at how childhood has changed in recent years and reveals how children's needs and experiences have achieved a new visibility

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"Relevant and easily understood. Provide good understanding of the issues" Mary Andall, Canterbury Christ Church University.
"An excellent set of books. Perfect for any first or second year undergraduate student wishing to find an interactive, contemporary and theoretically stimulating text." Marie Lavelle, Plymouth University.

Table of Contents
Childhood in crisis? ~ Mary Jane Kehily; Childhood: a historical approach ~ Laurence Brockliss; Childhood: a developmental appraoch ~ Martin Woodhead; Childhood: an anthropological approach ~ Heather Montgomery; Childhood: a sociocultural approach ~ Lesley Gallacher; How is knowledge about childhood produced? ~ Martyn Hammersley.

Understanding Childhood

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 1 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9781447305804
      978-1447305804
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      Age groups: children Child welfare and youth services

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Understanding childhood is a fresh look at how childhood has changed in recent years and reveals how children's needs and experiences have achieved a new visibility

      Trade Review
      "Relevant and easily understood. Provide good understanding of the issues" Mary Andall, Canterbury Christ Church University.
      "An excellent set of books. Perfect for any first or second year undergraduate student wishing to find an interactive, contemporary and theoretically stimulating text." Marie Lavelle, Plymouth University.

      Table of Contents
      Childhood in crisis? ~ Mary Jane Kehily; Childhood: a historical approach ~ Laurence Brockliss; Childhood: a developmental appraoch ~ Martin Woodhead; Childhood: an anthropological approach ~ Heather Montgomery; Childhood: a sociocultural approach ~ Lesley Gallacher; How is knowledge about childhood produced? ~ Martyn Hammersley.

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