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• Series preface
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1   Childhood in crisis? An introduction to contemporary Western childhood
• Chapter 2   Childhood: a historical approach
• Chapter 3   Childhood: a developmental approach
• Chapter 4   Childhood: an anthropological approach
• Chapter 5   Childhood: a sociocultural approach
• Chapter 6   How is knowledge about childhood produced? The issue of methodology
• Acknowledgements