Families in Context: Sociological Perspectives by Gene H. Starbuck (English) Pap

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The most thoroughly updated edition yet, this book offers students perspectives of changes in marriage and family over time, including the impact of the Great Recession and of new media technologies

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

The most thoroughly updated edition yet, this book offers students perspectives of changes in marriage and family over time, including the impact of the Great Recession and of new media technologies. A hallmark of Families in Context remains the well-researched, data-driven quality of the text. Beyond presenting thoroughly updated statistics and literature, each chapter examines new trends and assesses their implications for students' lives. The underlying presentation remains balanced, theoretically grounded, and accessible to a wide variety of classes, allowing students of all ages and family backgrounds to draw their own conclusions about controversial topics. Features of the new edition include coverage of the Affordable Care Act; new social media and families; the latest trends in poverty, education, social mobility, gender, identities and healthcare; updated 'In the News' features and author-created PowerPoint slides.

Author Biography

Gene H. Starbuck, Karen Saucier Lundy

Table of Contents

1: Defining Family Variation; 2: Studying the Family; 3: Families in Preindustrial Context; 4: Industrialization and Families; 5: Gender, Work, and Postindustrial Families; 6: Social Class and Families; 7: Race/Ethnicity and Families; 8: Forming Intimate Relationships; 9: Mate Selection; 10: Varieties of Sexual Scripts; 11: Population and Family Planning; 12: Negotiating Marriages; 13: Parents and Children; 14: Crisis and Violence in Families; 15: Divorce and Rescripted Families; 16: Family Perspectives, Policy, and the Future

Review

Praise for previous editions: "The author has crafted a clear, concise, and meaningfully themed book that provides accurate and up-to-date scholarly family research and also engages the reader." —Henry Borne, Holy Cross College "One of the best, if not the very best, sociology of the family books available." —Norval Glenn, The University of Texas at Austin "Families in Context does a masterful job of locating the family within large-scale socioeconomic developments. ...The focus is substantively unique." —Jon P. Bloch, Southern Connecticut State University "This is the best presentation of the process of industrialization and its effects on the family I have seen in an undergraduate text." —Theodore N. Greenstein, North Carolina State University

Review Quote

Praise for previous editions: "The author has crafted a clear, concise, and meaningfully themed book that provides accurate and up-to-date scholarly family research and also engages the reader." --Henry Borne, Holy Cross College "One of the best, if not the very best, sociology of the family books available." --Norval Glenn, The University of Texas at Austin "Families in Context does a masterful job of locating the family within large-scale socioeconomic developments. ...The focus is substantively unique." --Jon P. Bloch, Southern Connecticut State University "This is the best presentation of the process of industrialization and its effects on the family I have seen in an undergraduate text." --Theodore N. Greenstein, North Carolina State University

Details ISBN1612057756 Author Karen Saucier Lundy Edition 3rd ISBN-10 1612057756 ISBN-13 9781612057750 Format Paperback Subtitle Sociological Perspectives DEWEY 306.85 Pages 580 Short Title FAMILIES IN CONTEXT REV/E 3/E Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-07-30 AU Release Date 2014-07-30 NZ Release Date 2014-07-30 UK Release Date 2014-07-30 Edition Description 3rd edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2014-07-30 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication New York We've got this

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