The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies: A Reference Resource

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Edited by Daniel Thomas Cook · SAGE, 2020 · Four-volume reference work · English

This four-volume encyclopedia introduces the concepts, debates, and research approaches that shape interdisciplinary childhood studies. Its entries span the social and cultural worlds of children, the institutions that organize their lives, and the methods researchers use to study them.

Why we are reading it

A reference starting point for students, educators, and researchers who want to place questions about adoption, citizenship, and belonging within wider childhood studies. For this large academic work, library access may be the most practical way to begin.

BGHRA connection

Rosemarie Peña contributes the entries “Adoption, Transnational” and “Adoption, Transracial.”

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