Unequal Childhoods

Unequal Childhoods
Title Unequal Childhoods PDF eBook
Author Annette Lareau
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 480
Release 2011-08-02
Genre Education
ISBN 0520271424

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This book is a powerful portrayal of class inequalities in the United States. It contains insightful analysis of the processes through which inequality is reproduced, and it frankly engages with methodological and analytic dilemmas usually glossed over in academic texts.

Unequal Childhoods

Unequal Childhoods
Title Unequal Childhoods PDF eBook
Author Annette Lareau
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 356
Release 2003-09-11
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780520930476

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Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal Childhoods explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood today. Here are the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of "leisure" activities; and here are families with plenty of time but little economic security. Lareau shows how middle-class parents, whether black or white, engage in a process of "concerted cultivation" designed to draw out children's talents and skills, while working-class and poor families rely on "the accomplishment of natural growth," in which a child's development unfolds spontaneously—as long as basic comfort, food, and shelter are provided. Each of these approaches to childrearing brings its own benefits and its own drawbacks. In identifying and analyzing differences between the two, Lareau demonstrates the power, and limits, of social class in shaping the lives of America's children. The first edition of Unequal Childhoods was an instant classic, portraying in riveting detail the unexpected ways in which social class influences parenting in white and African-American families. A decade later, Annette Lareau has revisited the same families and interviewed the original subjects to examine the impact of social class in the transition to adulthood.

Childhood's End

Childhood's End
Title Childhood's End PDF eBook
Author Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher RosettaBooks
Pages 261
Release 2012-11-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0795324979

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In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Childhood's Home

Childhood's Home
Title Childhood's Home PDF eBook
Author Geo. W. Bailey
Publisher
Pages 6
Release 1858
Genre
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Our Childhood's Years

Our Childhood's Years
Title Our Childhood's Years PDF eBook
Author Alfred Squire
Publisher
Pages 6
Release 1853
Genre
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Global Childhoods

Global Childhoods
Title Global Childhoods PDF eBook
Author Monica Edwards
Publisher Critical Publishing
Pages 146
Release 2015-04-15
Genre Education
ISBN 1909682721

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This up to date text is suitable for students on all early years courses that include a module on global childhoods. Taking an ecological approach, it examines how culture and society shape childhoods through considering the lived experiences of children internationally. It begins by questioning the meaning of childhood and explores the historical, cultural and social views of childhood and children, including the roles of race, class and gender. It considers families and parenting from a global perspective and progresses to examine the relationship between the state and children by evaluating international approaches to education, health and welfare and the ways inequalities between the minority and majority world impact on children. The role of research on and with children in informing these debates is fully explored. Most importantly the reader is challenged to reflect on how global perspectives can be used to support an understanding of inclusion and diversity in their practice.

My Childhood's Home

My Childhood's Home
Title My Childhood's Home PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Hill (of Illinois.)
Publisher
Pages 164
Release 1889
Genre Mormons
ISBN

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