Encounters With Wild Children: Temptation And Disappointment in the Study of Human Nature
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Book Description
Since the early seventeenth century, stories of encounters with strange children in unusual circumstances have been recorded, circulated and reproduced, mainly (but not exclusively) in Europe and North America, not simply as myths, legends, or good tabloid copy but as occurrences deserving serious scrutiny by philosophers and human scientists. Wild children were seen as privileged objects of knowl... More
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Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
Binding | Hardcover (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 393 |
ISBN-10 | 0773529721 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0773529724 |
Publication Date | 05/31/2006 |
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