Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life

By Arland Thornton

Book Overview

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. Implicit in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226798607
• ISBN13: 9780226798608
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"