Diversity in families /

Zinn, Maxine Baca, 1942-

Diversity in families / Maxine Baca Zinn, D. Stanley Eitzen. - Seventh edition. - xiv, 578 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 524-561) and index.

Images, ideals, and myths -- Preindustrial families and the emergence of a modern family form -- The historical making of family diversity -- Economic and demographic upheavals in society and family formation -- Class, race, and gender -- Meshing the worlds of work and family -- The social construction of intimacy -- Contemporary marriages -- Parents and children -- Violence in families -- Divorce and remarriage -- Emergent families in the global era -- Family policy for the twenty-first century. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

"The seventh edition includes new research and extensive updates from government data and some of the best family studies resources such as the Handbook of Marriage and Family, Second Edition, the Handbook of Family Diversity, and the Journal of Marriage and the Family. New Emergent Family Trends boxes investigate and analyze new family patterns and what they might mean for families in the future."--BOOK JACKET.

0205406173 9780205406173

2004043725


Families--United States


United States--Social conditions--1980-

HQ536 / .Z54 2005

306.850973

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