Local childcare cultures: Moral geographies of mothering and the social organisation of pre-school education

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-53

  Holloway, Sarah L ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDCARE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTHER'S ATTITUDES; SOCIAL ORGANISATION;

UK, ENGLAND, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, SHEFFIELD;

EID: 0031747388     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663699825313     Document Type: Article

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