A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World

by Jay Griffiths

Book Overview

While traveling the world in order to write her award winning book Wild, Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in particular captured her imagination: why are so many children in Euro-American cultures unhappy - and why is it that children in traditional cultures seem happier?

In A Country Called Childhood, Griffiths seeks to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619024292
• ISBN13: 9781619024298
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"