The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings

by David F. Lancy

Book Overview

How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are families and communities structured around them? Now in its third edition, this deeply engaging book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521716039
• ISBN13: 9780521716031
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

This is an amazing book.

Lancy has some very fluid prose it doesn't read like a textbook at all. They're hundreds of wonderful citations that I've used in my research.