"Keeping young minds sharp": Children's cognitive stimulation and the rise of parenting magazines, 1959-2003

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-406

  Quirke, Linda ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846583607     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2006.tb01140.x     Document Type: Article

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