Marriage & The Family Courses

Suburbs: A Very Short Introduction

Carl Abbott

9780197599242
Paperback
01 February 2023

The Rainbow after the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S.

Michael J. Rosenfeld

9780197600443
Paperback
03 December 2021

Marriage equality and the transformation of gay rights are among the most important and also among the least understood social changes in modern times.

Exploring Family Theories

Fifth Edition

Suzanne R. Smith and Raeann R. Hamon

9780197530528
Paperback
20 August 2021

Exploring Family Theories empowers critical thinking and fosters thoughtful classroom engagement by presenting the history, scholarship, and critiques of each theory.

Exploring Family Theories

Fifth Edition

Suzanne R. Smith and Raeann R. Hamon

9780197531129
Looseleaf
01 July 2021

Exploring Family Theories empowers critical thinking and fosters thoughtful classroom engagement by presenting the history, scholarship, and critiques of each theory.

Random Families: Genetic Strangers, Sperm Donor Siblings, and the Creation of New Kin

Rosanna Hertz and Margaret K. Nelson

9780197519981
Paperback
01 August 2020

A revealing and moving account of the unprecedented families formed by sperm donor siblings and the remarkable relationships that emerge out of the human desire for identity and intimacy

Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives

Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross

9780190874704
Paperback
01 July 2020

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research in the UK, this book offers conclusions about parenting in the digital age and insights relevant to parents, policymakers, educators, and researchers everywhere.

Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives

Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross

9780190874698
Hardcover
01 July 2020

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research in the UK, this book offers conclusions about parenting in the digital age and insights relevant to parents, policymakers, educators, and researchers everywhere.

Intimate Violence and Abuse in Families

Fourth Edition

Richard J. Gelles

9780195381733
Paperback
03 October 2016

Updates a best-selling core text in the field of intimate violence and child maltreatment.

Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families

Ninth Edition

Nancy Stinnett, Nick Stinnett, Mary Kay DeGenova...

9780190278571
Paperback
15 July 2016

An accessible, comprehensive introduction to marriage and family with a focus on strengthening families and effective coping strategies

Children and Society: The Sociology of Children and Childhood Socialization

Gerald Handel, Spencer Cahill, and Frederick Elkin

9780195330786
Paperback
04 August 2006

A comprehensive sociological portrayal of children and childhood from birth to the beginning of adolescence.

Couples, Kids, and Family Life

Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein

9780195177909
Paperback
27 October 2005

Offers a distinctive view of what the social worlds of family life might look like from the standpoint of "insiders"--family members.

Families in Context: An Introduction

Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman and Teresa M. Cooney

9780195330250
Paperback
03 December 2004

This comprehensive but concise text introduces foundational ideas and concepts about families and applies them to issues and events relevant to today's college student population.

Just Marriage

Mary Lyndon Shanley

9780195176261
Paperback
23 September 2004

Debates the public importance of private unions.

Points & Counterpoints: Controversial Relationship and Family Issues in the 21st Century: An Anthology

Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence Ganong

9780195330144
Paperback
07 August 2002

Includes a wide range of both academic and popular essays examining numerous subjects not addressed in most marriage and family texts--such as interracial dating and marriage, age at the time of marriage, men and women as friends, licensing parents, the Internet as an aid in developing relationships, and New Social Darwinism.

Families Across Time: A Life Course Perspective: Readings

Sharon J. Price, Patrick C. McKenry, and Megan J. Murphy

9780195329896
Paperback
04 April 2000

Using a consistent theoretical orientation, this volume of seventeen original essays explores the "life course" approach to family life--including parent-child, spousal, and sibling relationships.