Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 371-411) e índice. CONTENIDO: Orienting Concepts and Ways of Understanding the Cultural Nature of Human Development -- Development as Transformation of Participation in Cultural Activities -- Individuals, Generations, and Dynamic Cultural Communities -- Child Rearing in Families and Communities -- Developmental Transitions in Individuals' Roles in Their Communities -- Interdependence and Autonomy -- Thinking with the Tools and Institutions of Culture -- Learning through Guided Participation in Cultural Endeavors -- Cultural Change and Relations among Communities.