Marriage & Family

Looking at modern families through the context of diversity, inequality and social change, FamilyInequality.com blogger and demographer Philip N. Cohen brings a fresh approach to the sociological study of family life. The text features a wealth of...

This eclectic reader illuminates changes in the American family and presents some of the methods and approaches used to study families, showing how shifts in legal structures, ideas about medicine and health, gender roles, and other variables lead to...

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Philip Soutar died at Ypres in 1917. Before becoming a soldier, Soutar's life revolved around his farm at Whakat?ne, where he lived with his M?ori wife Kathleen Pine in an 'as-you-please marriage, uncelebrated by a clergyman'. Matters of the Heart...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814881258Author Mies GrijnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint ISEASPublisher ISEAS

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781090294494Author Hazlo EmmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 245g

In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the...

Over the past several decades there has been an explosion of interest in genetics and genetic inheritance within both the research community and the mass media. The science of genetics now forecasts great advances in alleviating disease and prolonging...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615927480Author Daniel ShuFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Miraclaire Academic PublicationsPublisher Miraclaire Academic PublicationsWeight(grams)...

After twenty, thirty, or even forty years of marriage, countless vacations together, raising well-adjusted children, and sharing property and finances-what could go wrong? Gray Divorce offers a provocative look at the growing rate of marital splits after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767906401Author Barbara Dafoe WhiteheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Broadway BooksPublisher Broadway BooksWeight(grams) 304g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692713990Author Dawn Ohanian TringasFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Seven Years PressPublisher Seven Years PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743205535Author Laurence D. SteinbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 426g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393090642Author Alice S. RossiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 428g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312166113Author Louis BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767916103Author Barbara PeaseFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595180448Author John L CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint Authors Choice PressPublisher Authors Choice PressWeight(grams) 454g

During the early twentieth century maternal and child welfare became a national issue for the first time. The child and maternal welfare movement had a significant material and ideological effect on women and it is therefore important to understand the...

Glance at a political party's platform, catch a politician's speech, sample the news, and you will find the family-not as a mere group of people living together in the private sphere, but as a contentious entity at the center of political disputes and...

What is the relationship between work and family in a world where employment creates endless tensions for families and families create endless tensions for the workplace? This collection of articles broadens this discussion by addressing issues from the...

What is the relationship between work and family in a world where employment creates endless tensions for families and families create endless tensions for the workplace? This collection of articles broadens this discussion by addressing issues from the...

No longer merely custodial facilities, the children's home now offers a broad range of services to families in danger of breaking up. The authors provide an overview of the basic theory and methods of the family-centered children's home. Included also...

Glance at a political party's platform, catch a politician's speech, sample the news, and you will find the family - not as a mere group of people living together in the private sphere, but as a contentious entity at the center of political disputes and...

This is a study of the problems and needs of 306 successful families to discover the factors contributing to a normal, healthful life for parents and children. Factors affecting achievement and satisfaction and the sources of fatigue, worry, and friction...

In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the...

Marital problems can have medical consequences--and therefore marriage counseling should have a place in medical practice. Medical education should prepare the physician for his role as counselor. These interlocked themes are the basis for this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983161608Author Linda LindholmFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Linda LindholmPublisher Linda LindholmWeight(grams) 503g

Based on the author's experience as a family therapist and stepmother, and on interviews with more than fifty families, this book explores the ramifications for all concerned--remarried parents, his children, her children, and their baby--of having a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395957974Author Sylvia Ann HewlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992104047Author Deborah MarshFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Stone's Throw PublicationsPublisher Stone's Throw PublicationsWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981605913Author Jennifer Roback MorseFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Ruth Institute BooksPublisher Ruth Institute BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898754872Author W Robertson SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

Families can play a pivotal role in bringing America to greater unity, but even the definition of "family" can be divisive. The authors seek to identify the underlying values in these debates, find common ground among diverse traditions, and clarify the...

Interfaith marriage is on the rise in America, from 15% of all marriages in 1988 to 36% in 2010. This is true in every region of the country, for people at every income and educational level, and across religious traditions: evangelicals, Jews, Muslims,...

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'A horseride through Tuscany, charming characters, a rustic farmhouse and love in the air' FIVE STARS'With the backdrop of the Tuscan countryside the characters come alive with a lively and well crafted plot' FIVE STARS'A lovely story about the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374611866Author Clair WillsFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 454g

Exploring tailored family planning strategies for marginalized groups, Family Planning and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh delves into comparative insights from Asian contexts, providing actionable approaches to empower and transform communities,...

Ann Cartwright’s book Parents and Family Planning Services (1970) had become a classic in its field.Originally published in 1976, How Many Children? Dr Cartwright’s study of family size and spacing in England and Wales in 1973 is again based on detailed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954641280Author Bella DepauloFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Apollo PublishersPublisher Apollo Publishers