The paradox of child labor and anthropology

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 237-251

  Nieuwenhuys, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children's exploitation; Children's work; Girlhood; Global childhood; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003142342     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.25.1.237     Document Type: Article

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