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Family life in western societies : a historical sociology of family relationships in Britain and North America / J.E. Goldthorpe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldthorpe, J. E. (John Ernest)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Great Britain--History.
- Families.
- Families--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- Social change.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 285 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Contents:
- 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:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0521331749
- 0521337526
- OCLC:
- 14414303
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