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Public and Private Families : An Introduction

ISBN: 9780078026676 | 0078026679
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 9/28/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
As the title suggests, Public and Private Families: An Introduction, seventh edition, discusses the family in two senses: the private family, in which we live most of our personal lives, and the public family, in which we, as adults, deal with broader societal issues such as the care of the frail elderly, the increase in divorce, and childbearing outside of marriage. The book examines intimate personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. Distinctive chapter... MORE

Part One Introduction, 1

1 Public and Private Families, 3

2 The History of the Family, 37

Part Two Gender, Class, and Race-Ethnicity, 77

3 Gender and Families, 79

4 Social Class and Families, 107

5 Race, Ethnicity, and Families, 135

Part Three Sexuality, Partnership, and Marriage, 173

6 Sexualities, 175

7 Cohabitation and Marriage, 207

8 Work and Families, 247

Part Four Links across the Generations, 269

9 Children and Parents, 271

10 Older People and Their Families, 307

Part Five Conflict, Disruptio... MORE

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