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Marriages and Families : Changes, Choices, and Constraints
ISBN: 9780130341778 | 0130341770
Edition: 4thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2002
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Exceptionally comprehensive, innately interesting, and extremely readable, this best-selling exploration of contemporary marriages and families examines the diversity of American families--giving equal attention to all racial, ethnic, and other societal groups--and examines not only the choices, but the constraints that often limit our family-related choices today. Although written from a sociological perspective, it incorporates material from other disciplines as well--e.g., history, economics, social work, psycho... MORE
I. MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY IN PERSPECTIVE.
1. The Changing Family.
2. Studying Marriage and the Family.
3. The Family in Historical Perspective.
2. Studying Marriage and the Family.
3. The Family in Historical Perspective.
II. THE INDIVIDUAL AND DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS.
4. Gender Roles and Socialization.
5. Love and Loving Relationships.
6. Sexuality and Sexual Expression Throughout Life.
5. Love and Loving Relationships.
6. Sexuality and Sexual Expression Throughout Life.
III. INDIVIDUAL... MORE
7. Choosing Others: Dating and Mate Selection.
8. Singlehood, Cohabitation, and Other Nonmarital Living Arrangements.
9. Marriage and Communication in Intimate Relationships.
8. Singlehood, Cohabitation, and Other Nonmarital Living Arrangements.
9. Marriage and Communication in Intimate Relationships.
IV. PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
10. To Be or Not to Be a Parent: More Choices, More Constraints.
11. Raising Children: Contemporary Prospects and Pitfalls.
12. Racial and Ethnic Families: Strengths and Stresses.
11. Raising Children: Contemporary Prospects and Pitfalls.
12. Racial and Ethnic Families: Strengths and Stresses.
V. CONFLICTS AND CRISES.
13. Families and Work: Facing the Economic Squeeze.
14. Family Violence and Other Crisis-Related Issues in Family Life.
15. Separation and Divorce.
14. Family Violence and Other Crisis-Related Issues in Family Life.
15. Separation and Divorce.
VI. CHANGES AND TRANSITIONS.
16. Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Life After Divorce.
17. Aging and Family Life: Grandparents, the Widowed, and Caregivers.
18. The Family in the Twenty-First Century.
17. Aging and Family Life: Grandparents, the Widowed, and Caregivers.
18. The Family in the Twenty-First Century.
APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Sexual Anatomy.
Appendix B: Sexual Problems, Dysfunctions, and Treatment.
Appendix C: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth.
Appendix D: Birth Control and Disease-Prevention Techniques.
Appendix E: HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually-Transmitted Diseases.
Appendix F: Premarital and Nonmarital Agreements.
Glossary.
Index.
Appendix B: Sexual Problems, Dysfunctions, and Treatment.
Appendix C: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth.
Appendix D: Birth Control and Disease-Prevention Techniques.
Appendix E: HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually-Transmitted Diseases.
Appendix F: Premarital and Nonmarital Agreements.
Glossary.
Index.
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