International encyclopedia of adolescence / Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescence--Cross-cultural studies--Encyclopedias.

Adolescence.

Teenagers--Cross-cultural studies--Encyclopedias.

Teenagers.

Young adults--Encyclopedias--Cross-cultural studies.

Young adults.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxii, 1119, 70 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis, [2007]

Summary:

An exhaustive socio-cultural survey of young people around the world, this reference focuses on the cultural and historical, and offers a rarely found worldwide perspective. Entries are compiled by experts from many fields of study, including anthropology, history, psychology, and sociology. It also explains how teen cultures have developed in some countries and how young people deal with the conflicts between tradition and modernity in others.

Contents:

v. 1 A-J, index

v. 2 K-Z, index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0415966671

OCLC:

70878008

Publisher Number:

9780415966672

Online:

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