Lost and found: The sociological ambivalence toward childhood

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages 407-428

  Shanahan, Suzanne ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Social construction; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848863965     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131808     Document Type: Review

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