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April 15

Criticism and possible further development of the Modernization Theory?

I was reading this academic peer-reviewed article that was published fairly recently.

Anqi, X., & Yan, X. (2014). The Changes in Mainland Chinese Families During the Social Transition: A Critical Analysis. Journal Of Comparative Family Studies, 44(2), 31-53.

I read the whole darn thing, including the Conclusion. It was interesting, especially the part where they mentioned that their analysis deviated from the Modernization Theory, because China does not really develop in a linear, progressive fashion, as predicted by the Modernization Theory. From this source, it claims that there have been three waves of the Modernization Theory. I am interested in the current working hypothesis of the Modernization Theory. I read the Wikipedia article too, but much of the claims there are not properly sourced or cited, so I don't know how much I should trust the source. So, please don't reference Wikipedia in this topic. I am looking for, at best, primary sources (peer-reviewed journal articles), but secondary resources (like newspapers and magazines) are okay as long as they are well-sourced and -cited. 140.254.226.204 (talk) 13:50, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not my field at all, but I found these two books using google scholar and google books. Both are recent-ish academic research monographs, that have plenty of sources therein, and both mention "three waves" of modernization theory: [1] [2]. SemanticMantis (talk) 15:19, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Knut Hamsun's Nobel medal

According to our article on Knut Hamsun, he sent his Nobel Prize medal to Joseph Goebbels as a present. Do we know what subsequently happened to it? DuncanHill (talk) 22:06, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, Duncan. Maybe my google-fu isn't up to scratch but I can find nothing about its later fate. Nice to see you back here, by the way. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:21, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've been googling and finding nothing too. Might try emailing the museum. Hope you're keeping well. DuncanHill (talk) 17:13, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder how well documented that story is about the Nobel Prize medal. I remember another story, that Nobel medals of that era were actually made of solid gold and were quite valuable even just for the gold content. This led to a couple of Nobel prizes being dissolved in acid and preserved through the war to prevent Nazi confiscation. See the "history" section of Aqua Regia for some details. 70.36.142.114 (talk) 08:53, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All I found was a negative: The Knut Hamsun Centre's website does also mention Goebbels acknowledging the gift in a letter dated 23 June 1943, characterizing the gesture as an expression of Hamsun's "connectedness to our struggle for a new Europe and a happy society" That page is only available in Norwegian: "Nobelmedaljen til Goebbels" (Norwegian speakers, please check my translation). At the bottom they write that it is not ascertained where the medal is presently located. ---Sluzzelin talk 16:49, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably Hitler and Goebbels et al could not have taken all of their personal property with them into the bunker, and presumably the Allies would have searched their homes for valuables, records etc, and presumably there must be documentation of what they found and what happened to it. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:33, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]