Becoming Modern: Individual Change in Six Developing Countries
Becoming Modern: Individual Change in Six Developing Countries by Alex Inkeles, published by Harvard University Press in 1976, offers an in-depth exploration of the modernization process in six developing nations: Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. This New Ed edition spans 416 pages and is presented in English. The book examines the transformation from traditional to modern societies through a survey of approximately one thousand men aged 20-30 in each country, aiming to identify the characteristics of a modern individual and the factors that facilitate this change.
Readers will find a detailed analysis of the attitudes and behaviors that define modernity across diverse cultural contexts. The research highlights the impact of industrialization on personal and societal development, providing insights into how individuals adapt to changing environments. By focusing on the experiences of young men in these nations, the book sheds light on the broader implications of modernization and the social dynamics at play.
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This is a valuable and fascinating book valuable because of the findings it presents, fascinating because of the way it presents them. The subject of Becoming Modern is the modernization process in six developing nations (Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Bangladesh). The method is to survey about a thousand men, aged 20-30, in each of these lands. The goal is to demonstrate that a modern man, identifiable by his attitudes toward different aspects of life, does indeed exist, and to find out what factors encourage the transformation from traditional to modern. -The New Leader
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