"our greatest treasure, the child": The politics of child care in Hungary, 1945-1956

Social Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-188

  Bicskei, Éva ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 33745621891     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxj007     Document Type: Article

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