Developmental Idealism Images from Kenya

Masai Woman and Children, Kenya, 2000s
Masai Woman and Children, Kenya, 2000s
Masai Men, Kenya, around 2000
Masai Men, Kenya (Eastern Africa), around 2000.

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Event

Dec 8: Arland Thornton revisits his 2001 PAA Presidential Address on "Reading History Sideways."

Recent Pub

Special Issue On Developmental Idealism, Sociology of Development, 2019.

Recent Pub

Allendorf, Thornton, Mitchell, and Young-Demarco. "The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marital Attitudes, Expectations, and Timing." Journal of Family Issues.

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton

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