Language in cognitive development: The emergence of the mediated mind. By Katherine Nelson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp xiv, 432. Cloth 49. 95, paper 19. 95.

Part I. Perspectives: 1. Language, cognition and culture in developmental perspective 2. Emergence of human minds in evolution and development 3. Evolution and development of the hybrid mind Part II. Developing Representational Systems: 4. Early cognition: episodic to mimetic childhood in a hybrid culture 5. The emergence of mediating language 6. Memory in early childhood: the emergence of the historical self 7. The emergence of the storied mind Part III. Developing Conceptual Systems: 8. The emergence of the paradigmatic mind 9. The emergence of the temporal mind 10. The emergence of the projective mind Part IV. Conclusions: 11. Collaborative construction of the mediated mind.