The Sociology of Childhood Author:William A. Corsaro This book synthesizes an extraordinary range of theoretical ideas and empirical research on children. Corsaro shows how children contribute to both social stability and social change through a process of interpretive reproduction and breaks entirely new ground by stressing the conceptual autonomy of children."Rush this project to publication . .... more » . its a winner!"- Barrie Thorne, University of California, Berkeley "I wish this book had been available for me to use this semester!"- Elizabeth Grauerholz, Purdue University« less