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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Free Pr
Publication date
September 1, 1998
Pages
452
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780684844091
ISBN-10
0684844095
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.65 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$26.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a controversial departure from traditional child development theories, a psychologist suggests that the defining influence on children is not their parents but their peers and that this stems from our biological tendency to be socialized in groups. 20,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
With Judity Rich Harris |
from Free Pr (September 1, 1998); titled "The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do"
9780684844091 | details & prices | 452 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Argues that child development is influenced primarily by their peers--other children--rather than by their parents
About: Argues that child development is influenced primarily by their peers--other children--rather than by their parents
Paperback
Rev upd edition from Free Pr (February 24, 2009); titled "The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do"
9781439101650 | details & prices | 448 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $18.00
from Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (August 1, 2000)
9780747548942 | details & prices | List price $9.99
About: This explodes some of our deepest beliefs and gives us something radically new to put in their place.
About: This explodes some of our deepest beliefs and gives us something radically new to put in their place.
from Free Pr (September 14, 1999); titled "The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do"
9780684857077 | details & prices | 462 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Argues that children's development is influenced primarily by their peers--other children--rather than by their parents
About: Argues that children's development is influenced primarily by their peers--other children--rather than by their parents
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