Childhood: A Multicultural View

by Melvin Konner

An exploration of childhood incorporates accounts by children and their families from around the world that describe such experiences as the first day of school and first love

451 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Melvin Konner, M.D. is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. He is the author of Women After All, Becoming a Doctor and Medicine at the Crossroads, among other books.