Encyclopedia of children and childhood in history and society / [electronic resource] : Paula S. Fass, editor in chief. - New York, N.Y. : Macmillan Reference USA, c2004. - 1 online resource (3 v.) : ill. - Gale virtual reference library .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This 3-vol. set presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. Children and Childhood examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare.

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