Families in America : a reference handbook / Jeffrey Scott Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Jeffrey S.

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Families.

United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2002]

Summary:

Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century.

24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.

Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.

Contents:

History and scope of American families

Exploring the diversity of family life

Family issues and controversies

Biographical sketches

Facts and statistics

Agencies and organizations

Print resources

Nonprint resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1576076288

OCLC:

49225365