The landmark work on the social significance of childhood. The original and vastly influential ideas of Erik H. Erikson underlie much of our understanding of hu

This interdisciplinary volume gathers together papers on the history and archaeology of childhood with a wide geographical and chronological remit.

Bringing together two topics of wide and growing sociological interest, The Body, Childhood and Society examines how children's bodies are constructed in school

The child has a very special place in society, and society defines and shapes childhood. Understanding childhood is essential to early years students and this b

This book investigates the relationship between ideas about childhood and the actual experience of being a child, and assesses how it has changed over the span