Childhood and Child Culture Research

by Ning de Coninck-Smith (Editor)

Over the past century changes in toys have reflected transformations of children's culture in the Western world. Not only have objects of play displaced work tools in preparing the young for adult roles, but toys have also become vehicles for expressing the changing relations between generations. Subjects discussed in this book Sociology of Conceptual Liberation of Children; The Meaning of Individualization for Children's Citizenship; The Social Value of Children and the Sociology of its Assessment Process; and Childhood on Economic and Political Agenda.

278 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005