Encounters With Wild Children Temptation And Disappointment in the Study of Human Nature Tapa dura - 2006

McGill-Queen's University Press, 4/5/2006 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Very Good. 1.4000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.5000 in. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006-05. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". vi, 393pp. Mild rubbing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. A touch og toning to edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Through detailed readings of a wide variety of accounts, debates, and representations, Encounters with Wild Children explores the many different meanings these children were given and the varied responses they elicited. Adriana Benzaquén explains why wild children continue to haunt and fascinate Western scientists and shows how the knowledge they have generated in different disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, pedagogy, linguistics, and sociology, has contributed to the shaping and reshaping of the modern understanding of "the child" and affected the social and institutional practices… Leer más

McGill-Queens University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0773529721 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 9.3 X 6.5 X 1.4 inches; 400 pages .

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006-04-05. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!