An Introduction to Child Study

The Macmillan Company, New York. 1933. Hardcover. 5th Printing from copyright page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for scattered pencil notations in text. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottoms; wear through fabric in small spots on front upper and lower tips; suntoning to spine; light dust soiling to textblock top. Blue cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on the spine; debossed title on front board. Internally clean. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 550 pp 8vo. This book aims to serve as a text for a orientation course in child study which will view the whole expanse of childhood, at the same time giving references to more intense studies of each period of development. Studying children involves three knowledge bases; the first is knowledge of methods of studying children; the second is knowledge of the kind of behavior which may be expected of children in each of the overlapping stages of development; and the third is knowledge of how this behavior is acquired and modified. A clean very presentable copy.