Development and Socialization in Childhood

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 125-155

  Corsaro, William A ^a   Fingerson, Laura ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Child; Child Poverty; Interpretive Approach; Parenting Style; Street Child

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125961161     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-36921-X_6     Document Type: Chapter

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