The Measurement of Modernism: A Study of Values in Brazil and Mexico

by Joseph A. Kahl

Book Overview

One of the most interesting questions that can be raised about the twentieth century world concerns the degree to which industrialization created a common culture for all peoples. Reported here are the results of an empirical investigation designed to produce instruments to measure those personal values that have been central variables in the theory of modernization of societies.

The purpose of Joseph Kahl's research is primarily methodological:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292750196
• ISBN13: 9780292750197
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"