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 China: World Cultures Through Time (Primary Source Readers) By Gisela Lee, M.A. 2008 | 32 Pages | ISBN: 0743904362 | PDF | 4 MB China is the third largest country in the world. The Chinese culture has changed greatly over the years, but the Chinese people still celebrate the great changes in their culture and nation.  Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina During the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930 By Fernando Rocchi 2005 | 416 Pages | ISBN: 0804750122 | PDF | 2 MB This book offers new topics and new perspectives on the economic history of Argentina before the 1930 Depression. It focuses on the evolution of early industrialization in a country primarily associated with cattle-ranching and agriculture, and single-mindedly characterized as a case of a successful export economy. Taking an original approach, the book cross-examines traditional economic issues such as production and finances, and new cultural patterns, such as consumption, the role of women, paternalism, and ideology.The first years of Argentina's industrialization, from the 1870s to the 1920s, coincided with a time of great innovation, a brisk turn from tradition, and quick modernization. This book shows that industry not only helped Argentina's economy along, but spearheaded its modernization. It challenges the long-lasting "canonical version" that industry was a victim of a capital market and a state extremely hostile to manufacturing. Access to financing for industrial endeavors was much easier than previously thought, while the state supported industry through tariffs.  Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2026: The best advice on writing and publishing for children by Unknown Author English | September 18, 2025 | ISBN: 1399421271 | 464 pages | PDF | 19 Mb 'Knowledge, advice, encouragement, and inspiration; this book helped turn my dream into reality.' Alice Oseman, writer-illustrator of the bestselling Heartstopper series  Children's Health and Children's Rights By Michael Freeman 2006 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 9004148949 | PDF | 2 MB This collection offers a series of essays highlighting many of the most controversial of contemporary issues relating to children, medicine and health care including the participation rights of children, genetic testing, male circumcision, organ donation, gender reassignment, the rights of autistic children, anorexia nervosa. Essays are written by a range of leading scholars across a range of disciplines. A number of the essays in this collection were previously published in the International Journal of Children's Rights.  Children of Neglect: When No One Cares By Rowena Fong 2003 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0415946581 | PDF | 2 MB This book contains a comprehensive review of the current state of child neglect. Included are statistics regarding incidence and lethality, definitional issues, etiological theory, history of and current policy, and current interventions. As child neglect is often linked with structural issues, the book also examines the relationship of child neglect to poverty, substance abuse and culture.  Children at Play: An American History By Howard P. Chudacoff 2007 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0814716644 | PDF | 2 MB Hear the author interview on NPR's Morning EditionIf you believe the experts, "child's play"; is serious business. From sociologists to psychologists and from anthropologists to social critics, writers have produced mountains of books about the meaning and importance of play. But what do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of the last two centuries? In this fascinating and enlightening book, Howard Chudacoff presents a history of children's play in the United States and ponders what it tells us about ourselves.Through expert investigation in primary sources-including dozens of children's diaries, hundreds of autobiographical recollections of adults, and a wealth of child-rearing manuals-along with wide-ranging reading of the work of educators, journalists, market researchers, and scholars-Chudacoff digs into the "underground" of play. He contrasts the activities that genuinely occupied children's time with what adults thought children should be doing. Filled with intriguing stories and revelatory insights, Children at Play provides a chronological history of play in the U.S. from the point of view of children themselves. Focusing on youngsters between the ages of about six and twelve, this is history "from the bottom up." It highlights the transformations of play that have occurred over the last 200 years, paying attention not only to the activities of the cultural elite but to those of working-class men and women, to slaves, and to Native Americans. In addition, the author considers the findings, observations, and theories of numerous social scientists along with those of fellow historians.Chudacoff concludes that children's ability to play independently has attenuated over time and that in our modern era this diminution has frequently had unfortunate consequences. By examining the activities of young people whom marketers today call "tweens," he provides fresh historical depth to current discussions about topics like childhood obesity, delinquency, learning disability, and the many ways that children spend their time when adults aren't looking.  Children and Television: Fifty Years of Research (LEA's Communication Series) (Routledge Communication Series) By et al Norma Pecora 2006 | 488 Pages | ISBN: 0805841393 | PDF | 2 MB This seminal volume is a comprehensive review of the literature on children's television, covering fifty years of academic research on children and television.The work includes studies of content, effects, and policy, and offers research conducted by social scientists and cultural studies scholars. The research questions represented here consider the content of programming, children's responses to television, regulation concerning children's television policies, issues of advertising, and concerns about sex and race stereotyping, often voicing concerns that children's entertainment be held to a higher standard. The volume also offers essays by scholars who have been seeking answers to some of the most critical questions addressed by this research. It represents the interdisciplinary nature of research on children and television, and draws on many academic traditions, including communication studies, psychology, sociology, education, economics, and medicine. The full bibliography is included on CD.Arguably the most comprehensive bibliography of research on children and television, this work illustrates the ongoing evolution of scholarship in this area, and establishes how it informs or changes public policy, as well as defining its role in shaping a future agenda. The volume will be a required resource for scholars, researchers, and policy makers concerned with issues of children and television, media policy, media literacy and education, and family studies.  Children Reading Pictures: Interpreting Visual Texts By Evelyn Arizpe 2002 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0415275768 | PDF | 3 MB This book describes the fascinating results of a two year study of children's responses to contemporary picturebooks. Children of primary school age, from a range of backgrounds, read and discussed books by the award-winning artists, Anthony Browne and Satoshi Kitamura. They then made their own drawings in response to the books.The authors found that children are sophisticated readers of visual texts, and are able to make sense of complex images on literal, visual and metaphorical levels. They are able to understand different viewpoints, analyse moods, messages and emotions, and articulate personal responses to picturebooks - even when they struggle with the written word.With colour illustrations, and interviews with the two authors whose books were included in the study, this book demonstrates how important visual literacy is to children's understanding and development. Primary and Early Years teachers, literacy co-ordinators and all those interested in children's literature will find this a captivating read.  Child and Adolescent Neurology: Blackwell's Neurology and Psychiatry Access Series (Access) By Ronald David 2005 | 664 Pages | ISBN: 1405117672 | PDF | 8 MB Blackwell's Neurology and Psychiatry Access Series has been designed to teach the art of diagnosis and treatment of neurologic and mental disease using a rational approach. In this way the trainee specialist can apply both deductive and inductive reasoning to arrive at a diagnosis and formulate a plan for treatment.The Access Series consists of four books:Child & Adolescent PsychiatryAdult PsychiatryChild & Adolescent NeurologyAdult NeurologyIt is the goal of this text in the Blackwell Neurology/Psychiatry Access Series to convey not only essential knowledge but also the collected wisdom of its many highly regarded contributors. To achieve the goal of conveying not only knowledge but wisdom, each volume is divided into three sections:· Tools for Diagnosis· Diseases and Disorders· Common ProblemsAlso included to facilitate a physician's use of this book are:· Nosologic Diagnosis tables· "Pearls and Perils" boxes· "Consider Consultation When..."· Selected annotated bibliographies· A complete bibliography · Key Clinical Questions and What They UnlockThe Nosologic Diagnosis tables are based on a discriminator model to promote clearer understanding and are superior to a criterion-based model and others that lack similar specificity. This strong emphasis on differential diagnosis and on providing a structure for the understanding of the disease process means that they are true "how to do it" books.This title is now available for the PDA, powered by Skyscape - to buy your copy click here  Child Labour in a Globalized World By Giuseppe Nesi, Luca Nogler, and Marco Pertile 2008 | 492 Pages | ISBN: 0754672220 | PDF | 2 MB This volume examines the legal dimension of the ILO's action in the field of Child Labour. The authors investigate the implementation of the relevant legal instruments and assess the effectiveness of the ILO supervisory system. All relevant instruments are considered while particular attention is given to Convention 182 on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour.This volume describes the ILO's activities concerning the eradication of child labour. It assesses the effectiveness of the relevant legal framework and evaluates the functioning of the supervisory system with reference to the main instruments. It discusses recent developments in the subject both within the Organization and in State practice. It examines the interaction between the ILO System and other international organizations and institutions. It evaluates the implementation of Convention 182 in national systems. It contextualizes the issue of the eradication of the worst forms of child labour in the recent doctrinal debate on the nature of labour standards and the transformation of the ILO.This important work will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers with an interest in labour law, international law, and children's rights. |
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