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Studying Childhood and Early Childhoodby Kay Sambell; Sue Miller; Mel Gibson
Sage Publications Ltd. 2005; US$ 31.95Are you looking for a handy guide to childhood and early childhood studies? Concentrating on the skills that students need to master in order to do well on childhood and early childhood courses, this book is a clear and practical guide to all the key areas. more...
Research With Childrenby Pia Christensen; Allison James
RoutledgeFalmer 1999; US$ 47.95Research with Children is a new resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss epistemology and methodology, showing the links between theory and practice. more...
Early Socialisationby Cara Flanagan
Routledge 1999; US$ 17.00This book looks at sociability and attachment and how they relate to emotional and cognitive development. Social and cultural variations are considered, and theories of attachment and loss are described and evaluated. more...
Endangered Daughtersby Elizabeth Croll
Routledge 2000; US$ 59.95The increasing number of 'missing girls' in much of South and East Asia provides the disturbing focus of this key title. It is unique in its positive attention to daughter discrimination in these regions. more...
From Birth to Five Yearsby Mary D. Sheridan; revised and updated by Marion Frost; Ajay Sharma
Routledge 1997; US$ 25.95The classic guide to children's developmental progress. Over 120 illustrations clearly set out each stage of development in young children. This new edition has been revised and fully updated in line with the latest legislation and research. more...
Shaping Childhoodby Roger Cox
Routledge 1996; US$ 200.00Explores themes in the history of childhood, examining ways in which broad cultural forces such as religion, literature and mass consumption influence contemporary parenting and locates child professionals within the context of these forces. more...
Gender in Early Childhoodby Nicola Yelland
RoutledgeFalmer 1998; US$ 47.50The contributors of this collection consider the issues relating to gender from these different settings and discuss their findings with reference to the implications for early childhood education. more...
Childhood Studiesby Jean Mills; Richard Mills
RoutledgeFalmer 1999; US$ 52.95This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into a new century. more...
Children's Childhoodsby Berry Mayall
RoutledgeFalmer 1994; US$ 57.50This text explores the social status of children, through consideration of their positioning in a range of social settings and in sociological theory. It focuses on children as social actors in constructing the social order and participating in it. more...
Children In Familiesby Julia Brannen; Margaret O'Brien
RoutledgeFalmer 1996; US$ 54.95This work argues that children's needs have often been neglected in the social sciences, especially in the areas of law, social policy and sociology. It presents empirical research on children in contemporary family settings and provides suggestions for future research and policy initiatives. more...