Images from the United States

Cutting the Wedding Cake, United States, 2000s
Cutting the Wedding Cake, United States, 2000s.
Early Ford Motor Company Factory
This is a replica of an early building housing the Ford Motor Company. Under the direction of Henry Ford, this company would revolutionize the world by mass producing and selling cars. This replica building is in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan.
American Wedding Photo, rural United States, 1880s.
American Wedding Photo, rural United States, 1880s.
Wright Brothers Cycle Shop (Airplane Inventors)
This is the bicycle shop where Orville and Wilbur Wright sold and repaired bicycles and where they worked to invent the airplane. They became the first humans to accomplish engine-propelled flight-an invention that was to significantly 'shrink' the world. This shop was moved from its original location in Dayton, Ohio to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Newborn Baby, United States, 2000s
Newborn Baby, United States 2000s.
Widow and Children, United States, 1880s
Widow and Children, United States, 1880s. This woman was widowed in her twenties with six children. The picture was taken shortly after the death of the woman's husband and one of their children.
Model T Ford
This is a Model T Ford, the first car to be mass produced. This car is on display and for providing tours at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan.
Hospital Birth, United States, 2000s
Hospital Birth, United States, 2000s.
St. Ignace Mission Historic Marker
The St. Ignace Mission was established in 1671 in St. Ignace, Michigan at the conjunction of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The mission was established by Jacques Marquette, the Jesuit Missionary. Picture of marker taken in Fall 2006 in St. Ignace, Michigan.

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Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Recent Events

The Developmental Idealism Studies Group presented their paper on "Processes and Methods for Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas about Development and Family Life" at 3MC, Berlin, June 2008.

Book Award

Arland Thornton's book Reading History Sideways wins the William J. Goode Book Award of the ASA Section on the Sociology of the Family.

New Data Collection

Developmental Idealism questionnaire supplements added to May and November 2007 Surveys of Consumer Attitudes.

Reading History Sideways

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


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