Family systems and cultural change / edited by Elza Berquo and Peter Xenos
1992, First Edition. Oxford, England New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Very good cloth copy in a very good dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #379126
ISBN: 0198283849
Physical description : xiii, 222 pages ; 24 cm. Notes : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents : The IUSSP Programme in family demography / Charlotte Höhn -- Convergence or compromise in historical family change? / Peter McDonald -- Family systems and cultural change : perspectives from past and present / Chris Wilson and Tim Dyson -- Family systems : their viability and vulnerability / John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldwell -- Traditional family systems in rural settings in Africa / Christine Oppong -- The role of the family in the process of entry to marriage in Asia / Lita J. Domingo and Elizabeth M. King -- Celibacy, solitude, and personal autonomy : individual choice and social constraints / Elizabeth Jelin -- The slavery period and its influence on household structure and the family in Jamaica, Cuba, and Brazil / Verena Stolcke -- The slavery period and its influence on family change in the United States / Richard Steckel -- The centrality of time in the study of the family / Norman B. Ryder.
Analysing household histories / Mei Ling Young -- Family change and family process : implications for research in developing countries / Maria Coleta F.A. de Oliveira. Subjects : Family demography. Families ; Cross-cultural studies. Family Characteristics.
Price: €48.00