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Contemporary families : a sociological view / Richard J. Gelles ; photographs by Judy S. Gelles.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Gelles, Richard J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©1995.
Subjects:	Families > United States. United States. Families.

Table of Contents:

1. Understanding Families
2. Family Studies: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
3. Families Across Time and Cultures
4. Changing Family Organization in the United States
5. Variations in Family Organization in the United States
6. Love, Courtship, and Mate Selection
7. The Marital Dyad
8. Marital Quality: Adjustment and Satisfaction
9. Parents and Parenthood
10. Child Socialization
11. Work and Family
12. Marriage, Family, and the Later Years
13. Divorce and Remarriage
14. Stress and Coping in Families
15. Family Violence and Abuse
16. Families in the Future.