“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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UN Award

Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi wins 2011 United Nations Population Award

Recent Events

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

Taeuber Award

Arland Thornton receives Irene B. Taeuber Award at 2011 PAA Annual Meetings

Reading History Sideways

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

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Developmental Idealism
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan