Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society: 1 (PDF)

By Paula S. Fass Useful as a starting point for research, probably for high school students and above, this three-volume reference contains 445 articles ranging in length from 500 to 5,000 words, written by an international cast of contributors from many disciplines. Among the themes (the complete list is in the topical outline at the beginning of volume 1): history and theories of childhood, parenting and family relations, education and schooling, race and gender, law and institutions, children’s literature, representations of children and childhood, health and medicine, and body and sexuality. Within each of these themes (and some others), various aspects are addressed in signed articles, each with cross references and a bibliography. Volume 3 comprises an annotated collection of 50 primary sources selected by the editors as essential documents in the field. B&w illustrations support the text. Editor-in-chief Fass is affiliated with the U. of California, Berkeley. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ MacMillan Reference Library
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2003
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0028657152
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0028657158