Families
Subtitle: changing trends in Canada
By: Maureen Baker, general editor ; Patrizia Albanese ... [et al.].
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780070968868
Subjects: Families; Textbooks; Famille; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [263]-304.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to family sociology  -- Maureen Baker; title: Conceptualizing families : theoretical frameworks  -- Meg Luxton; title: Canadian families in the past : the decline of the patriarchal family  -- Maureen Baker; title: Partnering, cohabitation and marriage  -- Sue J. Wilson; title: Childhood and child-rearing  -- Glenda Wall; title: Paid and unpaid work : how do families divide their labour?  -- Gillian Ranson; title: Ethnicity, immigration and family life  -- Patrizia Albanese; title: Divorce and repartnering  -- Zheng Wu and Christoph Schimmele; title: Patterns of violence in the family  -- Walter S. DeKeseredy; title: Strengthening families? The state and family policies  -- Maureen Baker; title: The family lives of middle-aged and elderly in Canada  -- Susan A. McDaniel -- Conclusions :; title: Social influences on family research, patterns and practices -- Maureen Baker.