“An ambitious work that stimulates, even if it does not always convince.”

  - Rebecca Jane Probert, Warwick School of Law, UK

Rebecca Jane Probert's review of Reading History Sideways

Probert, RJ. Review of Reading History Sideways: the Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life by Arland Thornton. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 2006 20(1):127-132.

The full review may be found at the online Oxford Journals 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