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Navajo infancy : an ethological study of child development / James S. Chisholm ; with a new introduction by Cary Michael Carney.

Title
Navajo infancy : an ethological study of child development / James S. Chisholm ; with a new introduction by Cary Michael Carney.
Author
Chisholm, James S.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : AldineTransaction, 2009.

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Description
xviii, 267 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Navajo children
  • Infants > Southwest, New > Development
  • Child development > Southwest, New
  • Navajo Indians > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Development in an evolutionary context -- The environment of Navajo infancy -- The cradleboard -- The research -- The behavior of Navajo and Anglo newborn infants -- Navajo and Anglo childen's fear of strangers -- Mother-infant interaction and the cradleboard -- The determinants of mother-infant interaction -- Summary and conclusions: Development as adaptation.
ISBN
  • 9780202362519 (alk. paper)
  • 0202362515 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009013611
OCLC
286470255
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library