Product Description

This is the first book to focus entirely on children and material culture. The international contributors, from a wide range of disciplines skilfully integrate theory and data to illustrate fully the significance of studying children.

Product Details

• Published on: 2000-08-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover
This is the first book to focus entirely on children and material culture. The contributors ask:
* what is the relationship between children and the material world?
* how does the material culture of children vary across time and space?
* how can we access the actions and identities of children in the material record?
The collection spans the Palaeolithic to the late twentieth century, and uses data from across Europe, Scandinavia, the Americas and Asia. The international contributors are from a wide range of disciplines including archaeology, cultural and biological anthropology, psychology and museum studies. All skilfully integrate theory and data to illustrate fully the significance and potential of studying children.

About the Author
Lesley Beaumont, British School at Athens, Victor Buchli, UCL, London,Andrew Chamberlain, University of Sheffield, Sally Crawford, University of Birmingham,^ Robert Dennell, University of Sheffield, Patricia Greenfield, University of California, Linda Grimm, Oberlin College, USA, Jennie Hawcroft, University of Sheffield, Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Lunds Universitet, Sweden, Louise Humphrey, Natural History Museum, London, Liliana Janik, University of Cambridge, Grete Lillehammer, Arkeologisk Museum i Stavanger, Gavin Lucas, University of Cambridge, Simon Mays, English Heritage, London, Koji Mizoguchi, Kyushu University, Japan, Blythe E. Roveland, New York, Joanna Sofaer Derevenski, University of Cambridge, Laurie Wilkie, University of California