Adolescence in America: An Encyclopedia (2 Volumes) (The American Family)

✍ Scribed by Jacqueline V. Lerner, Richard M. Lerner, Jordan Finkelstein

Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 970
Edition: 2 Vol. Set
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Written in plain, no-nonsense language, the entries provide an overview of teenage development and its unique pleasures and problems, from medical and physical to social and psychological. Coverage—tailored to reflect the cultural diversity of America’s young people—includes social relationships (with peers, siblings, parents and other family members, teachers, and other authority figures)…institutional influences (schools, community organizations, religious groups, the workplace)…interests and activities (from computer hacking to sports to the lure of the media).

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
A to Z List of Entries......Page 9
Contributors and Their Entries......Page 13
Foreword......Page 27
Preface......Page 31
Introduction......Page 33
Bibliography......Page 879
Index......Page 955

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