The Cultural Nature of Human Development

Barbara Rogoff. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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The Cultural Nature of Human Development identifies patterns in the differences and similarities among cultural communities, such as children's opportunities to engage in mature activities of their community or in specialized child-focused activities. The book examines classic aspects of development afresh from a cultural angle – childrearing, social relations, interdependence and autonomy, developmental transitions across the lifespan, gender roles, attachment, and learning and cognitive development.

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