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Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Preface to Second Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1: A New Paradigm for the Sociology of Childhood? Provenance, Promise and Problems
Chapter 2: Constructions and Reconstructions of British Childhood: An Interpretative Survey, 1800 to the Present
Chapter 3: Psychology and the Cultural Construction of Children’s Needs
Chapter 4: A Voice for Children in Statistical and Social Accounting: A Plea for Children’s Right to be Heard
Chapter 5: It’s a Small World: Disneyland, the Family and the Multiple Re-representations of American Childhood
Chapter 6: Negotiating Childhood: Changing Constructions of Age for Norwegian Children
Chapter 7: Street Children: Deconstructing a Construct
Chapter 8: Who Are You Kidding? Children, Power, and the Struggle Against Sexual Abuse
Chapter 9: Childhood and the Policy Makers: A Comparative Perspective on the Globalization of Childhood
Chapter 10: Re-presenting Childhood: Time and Transition in the Study of Childhood
Notes on Contributors

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