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Despite its long history as an important concept in sociological theory, there have been few studies of children's peer culture. By peer culture, we mean a stable set of activities or routines, artifacts, values, and concerns that children produce and share in interaction with peers. Most research on peer culture has focused on adolescent peer values, interests, and identities (Coleman 1961, Cusick 1972, Simmons (b) to identify specific themes and changes in children's peer cultures and how these are related to demands from the adult world; and (c) to develop the theoretical implications of the research for an interpretive theory of childhood socialization. Before turning to these issues, we will first consider the place of peer
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