“A large and ambitious project....needs a more sophisticated theoretical framework capable of supporting what amounts to a 'grand narrative' of families around the globe.”

  - Gerald Cradock, University of Windsor, Canada

Gerald Cradock's review of Reading History Sideways

Cradock, G. Review of Reading History Sideways: the Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life by Arland Thornton. Canadian Journal of Sociology Online September-October 2006.

The full review may be found on the Canadian Journal of Sociology Online site.

Publication details for Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life.















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Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Recent Events

Symposium on Globalization of Modernization Theory: Clashes of Modernities and Moralities, June 8-10, 2010, U of M

New Publication

A. Thornton et al. "Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life." In Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts, J. Harkness, M. et al (eds.) 2010.

New Book

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

Reading History Sideways

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


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