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Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin

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With more than 300,000 copies sold, this landmark book is an impressive examination of the importance of touching. "All professionals concerned with human behavior will find something of value. . . . Parents . . . can gain insight into the nurturing needs of infants."--Janet Rhoads, American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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"Dr. Montagu has produced a fascinating analysis...which should be read by all students of human behavior."

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"Excellent and well-documented."

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"The mother and father of all books written on touch."

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Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin by Ashley Montagu is the only parenting book I used to raise my two daughters. It made the experience of parenting, as a human and a mammal, a truly lovely, and loving, experience. I will be buying a copy of the book for each of them.
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ISBN:
9780060960285
Subtitle:
The Human Significance of the Skin
Author:
Montagu, Ashley
Author:
by Ashley Montagu
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Health
Subject:
Alternative Therapies
Subject:
Communication
Subject:
Medical sciences
Subject:
Physiological Psychology
Subject:
Diseases
Subject:
Skin
Subject:
Touch
Subject:
Skin -- Physiology.
Subject:
General Body, Mind and Spirit
Subject:
Touch -- Psychological aspects.
Copyright:
1986
Edition Number:
3
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 415-478.
Series Volume:
no.1. 1935
Publication Date:
September 1986
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
494
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800x537x131 88
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