The end of children? : changing trends in childbearing and childhood /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Allan, Graham, 1948-, Lauster, Nathanael Thomas, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : UBC Press, [2012]
Subjects:	Children > History > 20th century. Child development > History > 20th century. Human reproduction > History > 20th century. Children. Child development. Human reproduction. Enfance > Histoire > 20e siècle. Enfants > Développement > Histoire > 20e siècle. Reproduction humaine > Histoire > 20e siècle. Enfance. Enfants > Développement. Reproduction humaine.

Table of Contents:

Fertility change in North America, 1950-2000 / Mira Whyman, Megan Lemmon, and Jay Teachman
Changing children and changing cultures : immigration as a source of fertility and the assumptions of assimilation / Nathanael Lauster, Todd F. Martin, and James M. White
Using infertility, useful fertility : cultural imperatives on the value of children in the United States / Rebecca L. Upton
The performance of motherhood and fertility decline : a stage props approach / Nathanael Lauster
Parenthood, immortality, and the end of childhood / Nicholas W. Townsend
Leaving home : an example of the disappearance of childhood and its end as a predictable set of uniform experiences / Adena B.K. Miller
The disappearance of parents from children's lives : the cummulative effects of child care, child custody, and child welfare policies in Canada / Edward Kruk
Navigating the pedagogy of failure : medicine, education, and the disabled child in English Canada, 1900-45 / Mona Gleason
Pathologizing childhood / Anita Ilta Garey
From children to child : ending in China / Jing Zhao, Nathanael Lauster, and Graham Allan.