Families and their social worlds
By: Karen Seccombe
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780205797745
Subjects: Families
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Families and the sociological imagination; title: Families throughout the world: marriage, family, and kinship; title: Families throughout history; title: Sex, gender, and families; title: Social stratification, social class, and families; title: Race, ethnicity, and families; title: Courtship, intimacy, and partnering; title: Marriage: a personal relationship and social institution; title: Becoming a parent; title: Raising children; title: Families and the work they do; title: Aging families; title: Violence and abuse; title: Divorce, repartnering, and remarriage; title: Summing it up: families and the sociological imagination.