Childhood and Society

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Childhood and Society

The 1969 Penguin edition
Author Erik Erikson
Language English
Publication date
1950
Pages 445
ISBN 039331068X

Childhood and Society is a 1950 book by Erik H. Erikson about the social significance of childhood.[1] The first of Erikson's books to become popular, it featured ideas such as the eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of an "identity crisis".[2]

References

  1. Paul Roazen, 'Childhood and Society', International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Reprinted online at answers.com.
  2. "Childhood and Society". W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retrieved 2012-03-24. 
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