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Self-esteem in time and place : how American families imagine, enact, and personalize a cultural ideal / Peggy J. Miller and Grace E. Cho.
LIBRA BF723.S3 M55 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Peggy J. (Peggy Jo), 1950- author.
- Cho, Grace E., author.
- Series:
- Child development in cultural context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-esteem in children--United States.
- Self-esteem in children.
- Child rearing--United States--History--21st century--Case studies.
- Child rearing.
- Parenting--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
- Parenting.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Cross-cultural studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Histories
- Origins of the self-esteem imaginary
- The age of self-esteem
- Beliefs
- A chorus of parental voices
- Nuanced and dissenting voices
- Practices
- Praise and affirmation
- Discipline
- Child-affirming artifacts
- Persons
- Emily Parker and her family
- Eric Prewitt and his family
- Charisse Jackson and her family
- Brian Tatler and his family
- Commentary: personalization
- Conclusions
- Appendix: methods for the millennial study
- Notes
- References
- About the authors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199959723
- 0199959722
- OCLC:
- 984512057
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