Two? Two and one-half? Thirty months? Chronometrical childhood in early twentieth century America

Sociological Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-407

  LaRossa, Ralph ^a   Reitzes, Donald C ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Childhood; Cognitive sociology; Great depression; Life course; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035457735     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011996213363     Document Type: Article

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