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Diversity in Families ,9th edition::9781292051765R180

Published by Pearson (October 3, 2013) © 2014

Maxine Zinn | D. Eitzen | Barbara Wells
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    ISBN-13: 9781292051765R180

    Diversity in Families ,9th edition

    Language: American English

    IN THIS SECTION:

    1.) BRIEF

    2.) COMPREHENSIVE

     

     

    BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

     

     

     

    Chapter 1 Images, Ideals, and Myths

    Chapter 2 Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form

    Chapter 3 The Historical Making of Family Diversity

    Chapter 4 Macro Forces Affecting Families:  the Economy, Immigration, and Aging

    Chapter 5 Class, Race, and Gender

    Chapter 6 Meshing the Worlds of Work and Family

    Chapter 7 The Social Construction of Intimacy

    Chapter 8 Contemporary Marriages

    Chapter 9 Parents and Children

    Chapter 10 Violence in Families

    Chapter 11 Divorce and Remarriage

    Chapter 12 Emergent Families in the Global Era

     

    Chapter 13 Family Policy for the Twenty-First Century


     

    COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

     

     

    Chapter 1Images, Ideals, and Myths   

    Images and Ideals

     Family as Haven

     Family as Fulfillment

     Family as Encumbrance

    Images and Reality

    The Mythical U.S. Family

     The Myth of a Stable and Harmonious Family of the Past

     The Myth of Separate Worlds

     The Myth of the Monolithic Family Form

     The Myth of a Unified Family Experience

     The Myth of Family Consensus

     The Myth of Family Decline as the Cause of Social Problems

    A New Framework for Understanding Families

     The Sociological Perspective

     The Paradigm Shift in Family Studies

     The Structural Diversity Approach


     

    Chapter 2Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form   

    Family and the New Social History

     What Is “New” about Family History?

     Overview of Family History Themes

    Family Life in Colonial America

     Agricultural Communities and Families

     Family Structure and Household Composition

     Wives and Husbands

     Children

    The Emergence of Modern Family Life

     Industrialization and Families

     Agency, Adaptation, and Change

     Household Size and Composition

     Wives and Husbands

     Children

     Challenging a Uniform Definition of the Family

      

    Chapter 3The Historical Making of Family Diversity

    Industrialization and Family Life

     New Work Arrangements

    Work and Family in Industrial Society

     Accordion Households

    Immigration and Family Life

     The Social Breakdown Perspective

     Industrial Work and Immigrant Families

    Racial Control and Family Life

     New Thinking about Minority Families

     Race, Labor, and Family Life

     African American Families in Slavery and Freedom

     Chicano Families in the Southwest

    The Great Depression and Family Change


    Chapter 4Macro Forces Affecting Families:  the Economy, Immigration, and Aging  

    Globalization and the Structural Transformation of the Economy, the Great Recession, and Families

     Globalization

     Structural Changes in the United States Because of Globalization

     The Great Recession (2007-?)

    Downward Social Mobility

    Shifting Family Forms

    The New Immigration and the Changing Racial Landscape

    Demographic Trends and Increasing Diversity

    Structural Diversity of Immigrant Families

    The Effects of Immigration on Immigrant Families

    Immigration and Agency

    The Effects of Immigration on Family Dynamics

    The New Second Generation

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