[内容简介]
Nationally recognized for its sound scholarship and balanced approach and written by one of the leading authorities in the field, this text examines the family through two lenses: the familiar private family in which we live most of our personal lives, and the public family in which we, as adults, deal with broader societal issues such as the care of the elderly, the increase in divorce, and childbearing outside of marriage. Consequently, the book looks at intimate personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families.
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[Table Of Contents]
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Public and Private Families
Chapter 2: The History of the Family
Part II: Gender, Class, and Race-Ethnicity
Chapter 3: Gender and Families
Chapter 4: Social Class and Families
Chapter 5: Race, Ethnicity, and Families
Part III: Sexuality, Love, Partnership, and Marriage
Chapter 6: Sexuality and Love
Chapter 7: Cohabitation and Marriage
Chapter 8: Work and Families
Part IV: Links Across the Generations
Chapter 9: Children and Parents
Chapter 10: The Elderly and Their Families
Part V: Conflict, Disruption, and Reconstitution
Chapter 11: Domestic Violence
Chapter 12: Divorce
Chapter 13: Remarriage and Stepfamilies
Part VI: Family and Society
Chapter 14: The Family, the State, and Social Policy
Chapter 15: Social Change and Families