Handbook of world families
By: edited by Bert N. Adams, Jan Trost.
Contributors: Adams, Bert N.; Trost, Jan, 1935-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 649
ISBN-13: 9780761927631
Subjects: Family; Family -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: This book provides a cross-cultural perspective on the family by examining family life in 25 countries worldwide. The countries included in this volume are organized by six world regions including Africa, Asia/South Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America-offering readers the most thorough and balanced cross-cultural examination of world families available. Editors Bert N. Adams and Jan Trost, along with contributions by top family studies experts from around the world, ensure reliable, cutting-edge research and perspectives. Each chapter of the Handbook is organized in a parallel format beginning with an introduction to the region, followed by coverage of mate selection, fertility and socialization, gender roles, marriage, stresses and violence, divorce and remarriage, kinship, aging and death, family and other institutions, and special topics specific to the region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Families in Kenya / Edward K. Mburugu and Bert N. Adams; title: Nigerian families / Innocent Victor Ogo Modo; title: Families in South Africa / Susan C. Ziehl; title: Australian families / David de Vaus; title: Chinese families / Xuewen Sheng; title: The contemporary Indian family / J.P. Singh; title: South Korean families / Kwang-Kyu Lee; title: Taiwan's families / Yu-Hua Chen and Chin-Chun Yi; title: Families in Austria / Rudolf Richter and Sandra Kytir; title: Belgium's families / Wilfried Dumon; title: The Czech family / Ivo Možný and Tomáš Katrňák; title: Finland's families / Hannele Forsberg; title: Families in Germany / Thomas Klein and Bernhard Nauck; title: Families in Hungary / Olga Tóth and Peter Somlai; title: The family in Portugal : past and present / Fausto Amaro; title: Scandinavian families / Jan Trost and Irene Levin; title: Families in Turkey / Bernhard Nauck and Daniela Klaus; title: The family in Argentina : modernity, economic crisis, and politics / Elizabeth Jelin; title: Families in Cuba : from colonialism to revolution / Anne R. Roschelle, Maura I. Toro-Morn, and Elisa Facio; title: The family in Puerto Rico : colonialism, industrialization, and migration / Maura I. Toro-Morn; title: Families in Iran : the contemporary situation / Taghi Azadarmaki; title: Families in Israel / Ruth Katz and Yoav Lavee; title: Kuwait's families / Fahad Al Naser; title: Families in Canada / Carol D.H. Harvey; title: U.S. families / Barbara H. Settles.