{"product_id":"kin-childhood-parenting-and-the-making-of-civilization-paperback","title":"Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNam Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCivilization is not inherited. It is raised.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if one of the most powerful forces in human history has been hiding in plain sight-in the children each generation raises?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory is usually told through kings, wars, inventions, empires, and revolutions. But beneath them lies a quieter force: the way societies bring children into the world, protect them, discipline them, educate them, depend on them, and prepare them for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn KIN: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization, Nam Nguyen follows childhood across the long arc of human history-from our earliest communities and the rise of agriculture to religion, empire, factories, schools, consumer culture, screens, and artificial intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, KIN explores how: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehuman childhood helped make cooperation, culture, and social learning possible;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eagriculture transformed children into workers, heirs, and carriers of family continuity;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereligions, schools, and states shaped children into believers, subjects, and citizens;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eindustrialization changed what societies expected childhood to be;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emarkets and digital technologies created new forces around the child; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eartificial intelligence may once again change who-and what-participates in raising the next generation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending history, psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, education, and cultural analysis, KIN is not a parenting manual. It is an accessible work of big-idea nonfiction about how childhood reflects the values, fears, ambitions, and contradictions of every age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo understand a civilization, look at what it asks of its children.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in history, psychology, parenting, anthropology, education, technology, and the future of society, KIN offers a new way to understand where civilization came from-and what we may be raising next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48628782039261,"sku":"9781069754639","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/V7yUaMP6Yl9781069754639.webp?v=1789786339","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/kin-childhood-parenting-and-the-making-of-civilization-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}