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    Reading History Sideways
    Reading History Sideways
    The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life
    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 developmental paradigm's one that has affected generations of thought on societal development's was the assumption that one could ''read history sideways.'' That is, one could see what the earlier stages of a modern Western society looked like by examining contemporaneous so - called primitive societies in other parts of the world. 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. Further, its domination of social science for centuries caused the misinterpretation of Western trends in family structure, marriage, fertility, and parent - child relations. Revisiting the ''developmental fallacy,'' Thornton here traces its central role in changes in the Western world, from marriage to gender roles to adolescent sexuality. Through public policies, aid programs, and colonialism, it continues to reshape families in non - Western societies as well.
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    Book Author
    Arland Thornton
    Genre Social Science
    Binding
    PERFECT BINDING (PAPERBACK)
    Format
    Large Print 16 Pt Edition (Standard Large Print)
    ISBN
    9781459658370
    Publisher
    University of Chicago Press
    Age Range
    General
    Approximate delivery

    Up to 20 business days (?)

    Publication Date
    08-Feb-2013

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