Beyond Labeling

Recent research shows that pre-school children are skilled classifiers, using categories to organize information and extend knowledge. Focusing on the role of maternal input, this monograph provides one of the first detailed examinations of how mothers convey information about category structure to their children. Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Ancient and Medieval World

Mesopotamia and Classical Antiquity

European Feudalism from its Emergence through it's Decline

The Americas

Argentina: Fernando Scornik Gerstein

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Jamaica and Other Caribbean States

Mexico: Manuel Perlo Cohen

The United States

Europe

Denmark

Estonia

FinlandvPekka Virtanen

Germany

Great Britain

Hungary

Africa

Nations of Eastern Africa

Republic of South Africa

Asia

Abu Dhabi

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Hong Kong and Singapore

Japan

Kiao-chau

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Papau New Guinea

The Antipodes

Australia

New Zealand

Contributors

Index

Susan A. Gelman is currently Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of psychology and linguistics and the director of the Conceptual Development Laboratory at the University of Michigan.