Early childhood care and education :  international perspectives / 
[edited by] Edward Melhuish and Konstantinos Petrogiannis. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2006. 
 - vi, 182 p. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introducing international perspectives on early childhood care & education / Edward Melhuish & Konstantinos Petrogiannis -- Childcare in the United States : characteristics and consequences / Virginia D. Allhusen, K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, and Jennifer L. Miner -- Policy and research on early childcare and education in Greece / Konstantinos Petrogiannis -- Policy and research on preschool care and education in the UK / Edward Melhuish -- Children's and parents' needs and early education and care in Italy / Tullia Musatti -- Policy and research on childcare in Sweden / Philip Hwang -- Early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Anne B. Smith & Helen May -- Early childhood care and education in Israel / Miriam K. Rosenthal -- Early childhood care and education : an Indian perspective / Shraddha Kapoor -- Development of kindergarten care and education in the People's Republic of China since the 1990s / Li Shenglan -- An international overview of early childhood care and education / Edward Melhuish & Konstantinos Petrogiannis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415383684 (hardback) 0415383692 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006006416 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child care services--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Early childhood education--Cross-cultural studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ778.5  / .E22 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.71/2