Developing Cultures Essays on Cultural Change

Lawrence E. Harrison, Jerome Kagan

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Publisher's Synopsis

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the Third World. The essays in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of education, the world's major religions, the media, political leadership, and development projects.
The book is companion volume to Developing Cultures: CaseStudies.(0415952808).

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415952811
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	31 Aug 2006
DEWEY:	306.091724
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	399
Weight:	657g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	24mm