First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This volume introduces a new research tool, Infant Facial Expressions of Emotion from Looking at Pictures (IFEEL Pictures). The initial chapters describe the basic technique, its background, and psychometric development. The subsequent chapters offer results from a variety of research studies in which investigators have used the IFEEL Pictures in different settings. The final chapters discuss the basic technique and a number of modified versions in the light of evolving methods for probing emotional processes in the infant's caregiving environment. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Keynote: This 4-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of children's psychological development during the critical early years of life. Infancy--which is defined as the period from birth to 18 months of age--is the single most critical stage in cognitive and socioemotional development. The comprehensive WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health offers the first thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the biopsychosocial factors that impact normal and abnormal infant mental development. Assembled under the auspices of the leading international organization in infant development--the World Association of Infant Mental Health--this ground-breaking four-volume reference offers a state-of-the-art overview of the field by the world's leading researchers, clinicians, and scholars.

This book explores contemporary issues around pregnancy and childbirth using a feminist sociological approach. It goes beyond biological accounts of pregnancy and childbirth to examine the social processes.

Although critics defended the trend, arguing that truly visionary art transcended politics, Bezner notes that the cold war era effectively silenced some of the most socially engaged photographers in American society."--BOOK JACKET.