Title Childism : Confronting Prejudice Against Children / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (353 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Anatomy of a prejudice -- Three forms of childism : Anna's story -- Child abuse and neglect: a study in confusion -- The politicization of child abuse -- Mass hysteria and child sexual abuse -- Forms of childism in families -- Education and the end of childism.
Summary	The author exposes American society's prejudice against its children--from corporal punishment and an uncaring foster care system to the pressure placed on children to support one parent or another in a divorce--and the harm it causes them.
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Subject	Children.
	Children.
	Age discrimination.
	Age discrimination.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Subject	Children.
Other Form:	Print version: Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth. Childism. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012 9780300173116 (DLC) 2011028318 (OCoLC)711045660
ISBN	9780300178500 (electronic book)
	0300178506 (electronic book)
	1283409062
	9781283409063
	9780300173116
	0300173113
Standard No.	9786613409065