Preschoolers' questions may play an important role in cognitive development. When
children encounter a problem with their current knowledge state (a gap in their knowledge …

Nancy van Deusen examines over one hundred lawsuits that indio slaves brought to the
Spanish court in the mid-sixteenth century to gain their freedom. The category indio was …

Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is a comprehensive introduction to the field. It
covers theoretical and methodological foundations and examines the characteristics …

Im Mittelpunkt dieser Arbeit stehen Familienv? ter. Die Beteiligung von V? tern an der
Betreuung und Erziehung ihrer Kinder sowie ihr Engagement innerhalb der Familie hat in …

Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of
disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early …

Using both canonical and underappreciated texts, Alien Albion argues that early modern
England was far less unified and xenophobic than literary critics have previously suggested …

Recently considerable interest has developed about the degree to which anthropological
approaches to kinship can be used for the study of the long-term development of European …

This book examines the beliefs, practices and arguments surrounding the ritual of infant
baptism and the raising of children in Geneva during the period of John Calvin's tenure as …

This book examines the notion of children having full citizenship. It does so historically,
through intellectual discourse, beliefs, and moral and ideological positions on children. It …

This two-volume critical history of French children's literature from 1600 to the present helps
bring awareness of the range, quality, and importance of French children's literature to a …