Lancy, David F.

The anthropology of childhood : cherubs, chattel, changelings / David F. Lancy. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xii, 466 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-456) and index.

Where do children come from? -- To make a child -- A child's worth -- It takes a village -- Making sense -- Marbles and morals -- His first goat -- Living in limbo -- How schools can raise property values -- Suffer the children.

9780521887731 (hardback) 9780521716031 (pbk.)

2008036968


Children--Cross-cultural studies.

GN482 / .L36 2008

305.23 LAN