Beverly C. Edmonds - Childrens rights: a reference handbook

Copyright 1996 by Beverly C. Edmonds and William R. Fernekes

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Edmonds, Beverly C.

Children's rights: a reference handbook / Beverly C. Edmonds, William R. Fernekes.

p. cm. (Contemporary world issues)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: A reference handbook on the current status of children's rights throughout the world, containing an overview of the topic, a chronology, biographical sketches, a directory of organizations and agencies, annotated lists of print and nonprint resources, a glossary, and an index.

1. Children's rightsJuvenile literature. 2. Children's rightsUnited StatesJuvenile literature. [1. Children's rights.] I. Fernekes, William R. II. Title. III. Series.

HQ789.E35 1996 305.23dc20 96-43167

ISBN 0-87436-764-6 (alk. paper)

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