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A Sociological Image of the City: Through Children's Eyes
Contributor(s): Blitzer- Golombek, Silviy (Author)
ISBN: 0820417858     ISBN-13: 9780820417851
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
OUR PRICE:   $45.55  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: June 1993
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
- Social Science | Demography
- Social Science | Methodology
Dewey: 307.76
LCCN: 91035999
Series: American University Studies
Physical Information: 140 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
 
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What does a ten or eleven year old child think when driving past a group of picketers? How do youngsters react when they walk by a homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk? Does a police officer inspire respect and admiration in all children? More importantly, which variables account for any differences in the meanings children attach to these situations?
In this sociological exploration into children's worlds, they are the active social agents, defying the traditionally passive role assigned to them in the socialization process. As boys and girls from three public Baltimore schools express their fears and pleasures about urban life, traditional theories of stratification and conflict are put to the test in a non-conventional arena: the sociology of Childhood.