Reading History Sideways The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life |
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| Author:
| Thornton, Arland |
| Series title: | Population and Development Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-79860-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced. In Reading History Sideways, leading family scholar Arland Thornton demonstrates how this approach, though long since discredited, has permeated Western ideas and values about the family.
European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced. In Reading History Sideways, leading family scholar Arland Thornton demonstrates how this approach, though long since discredited, has permeated Western ideas and values about the family.