Reading history sideways : the fallacy and enduring impact of the developmental paradigm on family life / Arland Thornton.

Author/creator Thornton, Arland
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Descriptionx, 312 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Families--Historiography.
Families--Europe. --Historiography.
Families--Europe, Northern. --Historiography.
Families--History.
Families--Europe. --History.
Families--Europe, Northern. --History.
Social change.

SeriesPopulation and development
Population and development (Chicago, Ill.) ^A287128
Contents Models, data, and methods -- Views of changes in family life from reading history sideways -- The fertility decline in northwest Europe -- Changes in family life in the northwest European historical record -- The scholarly legacy -- The legacy of data -- Developmental idealism -- Freedom, equality, and consent in northwest European family relationships -- Fighting barbarism in the United States -- Governmental pathways of influence outside northwest Europe -- Social and economic pathways of influence outside northwest Europe -- The power of developmental thinking -- Postscript : dealing with the language of the developmental paradigm.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-299) and index.
LCCN 2004017204
ISBN0226798607 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ503 .T48 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold