William J. Goode Book Award for Reading History Sideways

American Sociology Association Logo At the 2007 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life received the William J. Goode Book Award. The Goode Award was given by the American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of the Family for the most outstanding contribution to family scholarship in the past two years.

For the award citation see page 2 of the Fall '07 edition of Family Forum, newsletter of the Family Section of the American Sociological Association.
Reading History Sideways book cover

Recent Pub

Melegh, Thornton, Philipov, Young-DeMarco. "Perceptions of societal developmental hierarchies in Europe and beyond: A Bulgarian Perspective." European Sociological Review.

Reading History Sideways

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

Recent Pub

Arland Thornton, "International Family Change And Continuity: The Past And Future From The Developmental Idealism Perspective." in Marriage at the Crossroads: Law, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty-First-Century Families.

Recent Pub

Thornton, Ghimire, Mitchell. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies.

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Developmental Idealism
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan