Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization

What if one of the most powerful forces in history has been hiding in plain sight?Civilizations are usually explained through kings, wars, markets, technologies, and ideas. But beneath them all lies a quieter force: the way each generation raises its children.Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization is a sweeping exploration of childhood as one of history's most overlooked engines...