The Child and Society: The Process of Socialization

by Frederick Elkin and Gerald Handel

Book Overview

This text offers a comprehensive and integrated overview of the socialization of the child in modern society. It focuses on theory, social class, ethnic groups and communities, and the role of such agencies of socialization as the family, school, peer groups, and mass media. It contains views on basic issues, and related controversy corner students' interests and inspire discussion and independent thinking. As a paperback, it is useful as either a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0075573180
• ISBN13: 9780075573180
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 368 Pages