Marriages & Families: Diversity and Change

ISBN-10: 0130104310
ISBN-13: 9780130104311
Series: Marriages & Families
Category: Social Science / Sociology / General
Pages: 552
Language: English
Published: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Mary Ann Schwartz, BarBara Marliene Scott

Description

This book challenges readers to become involved in a direct way in examining their personal belief systems and societal views of the many diverse forms that marriages and families have taken in the past and their evolution in the present. The authors use a broad, inclusive approach, focusing on the link between social structure and their personal experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Marriages and Families Over Time. Understanding Gender. Dating, Coupling, and Mate Selection. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Nonmarital Lifestyles. The Marriage Experience. Reproduction and Parenting. Violence and Abuse. Divorce in the United States. Remarriage and Remarried Families. Families in Later Life. For anyone who is interested in exploring marriage and family issues.

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Other editions

Marriages & Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints
- 2010-01-01
- 577 pages
- Paperback
- Prentice Hall
Marriages & Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints
- 2007
- - pages
- Paperback
- Prentice Hall
Marriages & Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints
- 2014-01-07
- 600 pages
- Paperback
- Pearson College Division
Marriages & Families: Making Choices in a Diverse Society
- 2008-01-01
- 643 pages
- Paperback
- Wadsworth Publishing Company

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