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Brumberg, Joan Jacobs – Child Development, 1982
Guided by a set of assumptions drawn from the fields of anthropology, history, sociology of medicine, and human development, this study provides a historical description and analysis of chlorosis, a disease linked solely to female adolescence in the period from 1870 to 1920. (MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anemia, Cultural Influences, Disease Incidence
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Levinson, Bradley A. – Comparative Education Review, 1999
Draws on ethnographic observations, historical sources, and official documents to examine the historical and contemporary connections among the Mexican "secundaria" (junior high school), the broader ideological and political-economic context of Mexican educational development, and concepts of adolescence in both expert discourse and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Philosophy