Candland
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Weaving together diaries, contemporary newspaper accounts, and his own enlightening commentary, candland brings to life a series of extraordinary storiesin each case, it was hoped that the study of these children would help clarify the age-old nature/nurture debate, but, as candland shows, so much of the information "revealed" was really only a projection of beliefs previously held by the investigating scientistswhat is it that sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom? what makes us unique? what makes us human? in this provocative book, douglas candland shows that as we begin to understand the way animals and non-speaking humans "think," we hold up a mirror of sorts to our own mental world, and gain profound insights into human naturehe begins with a look at past efforts to civilize feral childrensee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe meet victor, the wild boy of aveyron, now famous as the subject of a truffaut film; kaspar hauser, raised in a cell, civilized, and then assassinated; and the wolf girls of india, found early this century huddled among wolf pups in a forest den (they were originally believed to be ghosts by superstitious villagers, who nearly shot them as they were being captured)oxfam shop kendal looks new, hardback with dust jacket
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