Vygotsky and the Social Formation of Mind

"This book falls into three parts: a biological sketch of Vygotsky, an outline of his principal tenets, and Wertsch's own attempt to bring them up to date. His scholarship is exemplary: the book is the most detailed account in English of its subject's life and work. It will be welcomed by cognitive psychologists and students of development." -P.N. Johnson-Laird, Times Literary Supplement.