This new edition of the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, and the social problems experienced by children.
The Third Edition
- has been thoroughly updated to reflect the recent explosion of research in the field
- includes expanded and updated material on children′s symbolic culture and material culture, and a new section, ′Children, Parents, and Consumer Culture′
- includes new section on ′Generation M: Electronic Media in the Lives of Preadolescents and Adolescents′
- highlights current policy debates and changing demographics regarding children′s quality of life around the world.
- ISBN10 1412979439
- ISBN13 9781412979436
- Publish Date 5 January 2011 (first published 7 April 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 July 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 456
- Language English