TY - BOOK AU - Corsaro,William A. TI - The sociology of childhood T2 - Sociology for a new century SN - 9781452205441 (pbk.) : AV - HQ767.9 .C675 2015 U1 - 305.23 COR PY - 2015///] CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Children KW - Society KW - ukslc KW - Sociology KW - thema KW - Sociology & anthropology KW - Child, developmental, and lifespan psychology KW - Age groups: children N1 - Previous edition: 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one: The sociological study of childhood -- 1.Social theories of childhood -- 2.The structure of childhood and children\'s interpretive reproductions -- 3.Studying children and childhood -- Part two. Children, childhood, and families in historical and cultural context -- 4.Historical views of childhood and children -- 5.Social change, families, and children -- Part three. Children\'s cultures -- 6.Children\'s peer cultures and interpretive reproduction -- 7.Sharing and control in initial peer cultures -- 8.Conflict and differentiation in the intial peer culture -- 9.Preadolescent peer cultures -- Part four: Children, soical problems and the futre of childhood -- 10.Children, social problems, and the family --- 11.Children, social problems, and society -- 12.The future of childhood N2 - This textbook covers children and childhood from a sociological pespective. It includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, children and electronic media, and the social problems experienced by children, and there are new sections on immigrant children, changing perspectives of American families, and the problem of aggression and bullying among children and youth. Throughout the book, the author's original research and the compelling photographs and vivid illustrations bring the topics to life ER -