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Negro and White Children (Social Psychology Monographs)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Negro and White Children (Social Psychology Monographs)

W. Grant Dahlstrom

A large-scale psychological study of Black and White children living in the rural South, examining differences and shared traits in school achievement, social behavior, motivation, and temperament. By layering family, school, and community conditions, it argues that the differences observed arise from environment rather than innate factors.

race and developmentchild psychologyrural educationfamily environmentsocial conditions

Work Information

A psychological study that traces the links between environment and development through children in the rural South.

Using Millfield as the field site, the authors combine observation, interviews, and tests to analyze children's lives. The book extends to family discipline and relationships with teachers, and it tries to rethink prevailing views of racial difference through environmental factors in a strongly empirical manner.

Review Summaries

  • It is valued as an empirical study focused on rural communities, with an especially broad scope that reaches into children's living conditions and family environment. At the same time, its conclusions remain closely tied to the racial psychology framework of its era, which gives it a strong historical character today.

Book Information

Publisher
Academic Press Inc
Published
1968-10-01
Pages
572 pages
Language
英語
ISBN-13
9780120830503
ISBN-10
0120830507
Price
67999 JPY

Amazon.co.jp: Negro and White Children (Social Psychology Monographs) : Baughman, E.Earl, Dahlstrom, W.Grant: 洋書

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