J. E. Goldthorpe

Family Life in Western Societies

A Historical Sociology of Family Relationships in Britain and North America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book was first published in 1987, offering a masterly review and synthesis of the available literature on family life in western societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521337526
• ISBN-10: 0521337526
• Artikelnr.: 28110597

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. First principles
2. Family life in the past: continuity and change in four revolutions
3. Maternal care and maternal deprivation
4. Sociological models of western family life in the 1950s
5. Criticisms and critics of the 1950s models
6. Family life and mental illness, especially schizophrenia
7. Exogamy and the avoidance of incest
8. Age-mates and adolescent socialisation
9. Women in employment
10. Careers and couples
11. Social class, social mobility and family life
12. Family life among ethnic minorities
13. Marital adjustment, marital breakdown and divorce
14. Departures and rejections
Notes
Index.