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Title Biosocial perspectives on children / edited by Catherine Panter-Brick
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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 W'PONDS  305.23 Pan/Bpo  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Biosocial Society symposium series ; 10
Biosocial Society symposium series ; 10
Contents 1. Introduction: biosocial research on children / Catherine Panter-Brick -- 2. Evolutionary and biological aspects of childhood / Barry Bogin -- 3. From the child's point of view: issues in the social construction of childhood / Allison James -- 4. Biological anthropology and child health: context, process and outcome / Catherine Panter-Brick -- 5. Child psychology and anthropology: an environmental view / Robert A. Levine -- 6. The meeting of nature and nurture and the development of children: some conclusions / Martin Richards
Summary This unique book presents reviews of childhood from 4 major areas of interest: human evolution, sociology/social anthropology, bio-medical anthropology and developmental psychology, to form a cross-cultural understanding of childhood
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Child development -- Cross-cultural studies.
Children -- Health and hygiene -- Cross-cultural studies.
Children -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies.
Children.
Human evolution.
Child Development.
Child Behavior.
Child Welfare.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Psychology, Child.
Author Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-
LC no. 97027946
ISBN 0521572975 (hb)
0521575958 (paperback)