Handbook of Marriage and the Family

Handbook of Marriage and the Family

Author: Gary W. Peterson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-09-14

Total Pages: 903

ISBN-13: 1461439876

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The third edition of Handbook of Marriage and the Family describes, analyzes, synthesizes, and critiques the current research and theory about family relationships, family structural variations, and the role of families in society. This updated Handbook provides the most comprehensive state-of-the art assessment of the existing knowledge of family life, with particular attention to variations due to gender, socioeconomic, race, ethnic, cultural, and life-style diversity. The Handbook also aims to provide the best synthesis of our existing scholarship on families that will be a primary source for scholars and professionals but also serve as the primary graduate text for graduate courses on family relationships and the roles of families in society. In addition, the involvement of chapter authors from a variety of fields including family psychology, family sociology, child development, family studies, public health, and family therapy, gives the Handbook a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework.


Lifescripts for Family and Friends

Lifescripts for Family and Friends

Author: Erik Kolbell

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 0743400607

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Explains what to say and how to say it in complex, difficult, and painful situations, presenting a series of scripts that cover topics ranging from divorce or asking for a loan to funeral planning.


The Family in Asia

The Family in Asia

Author: Man Singh Das

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-08-09

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1000920593

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The institution of the family is by far the most important of all the societal networks in which the lives of men, women and children are involved. Nowhere is this more true than in the less developed countries of Asia. Originally published in 1979, The Family in Asia aimed to provide a series of comprehensive survey chapters which described traditional family patterns in a selection of Asian countries at different stages of economic development. These range from a rapidly expanding and highly developed industrial nation, Japan, through modernising and developing countries, India, Pakistan, Iran, China, South Korea and the Philippines, to more underdeveloped countries, such as Thailand and Afghanistan. Each chapter is written by a senior country specialist and covers an integrated series of topics within a uniform framework in order to facilitate inter-country comparisons. Valuable description and statistical material is provided on the literature and on the effects of industrialisation, urbanisation and modernisation, but perhaps more important is a theoretical framework and the editors’ review of some basic characteristics of social modernisation. These include the degree of equalitarian family relations and sexual divisions in society; emphasis on individualism and independence; the differentiation and specialised functioning of social institutions; urban life; birth control and family planning; social mobility; marital disruption and divorce; neglect and care of the elderly; formal education for children; and government intervention and influence on family activities. Read in its historical context, this title will interest specialists in development and Asian studies, in demography, sociology and in anthropology. Students in particular, will value the tight analytical framework in which the book has been written.


Family, Friends and FOOD!

Family, Friends and FOOD!

Author: Lori D. Watkins

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1466982373

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I have taken quite a while to get this cookbook out. I started it, along with another one, while we were living in Florida. That was in 2007. I wanted to write this book to continue sharing my recipes and photos of the food I make with you and hope that you will enjoy the food when you try it.


The Adventures of Mrs. Brooks's Family and Friends

The Adventures of Mrs. Brooks's Family and Friends

Author: Katrina Criner

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2023-01-06

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1662488262

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Miss Brooks, an Afro American woman, inherits $3 billion from her husband, Gerry, who passed away with a massive heart attack at a very early age before his daughter was born. He made his first billion at age thirty. He was a well-known architect and real-estate broker known in many different countries for his beautiful work. He taught his wife all about the businesses. She and her family moved from Chicago to California where two of the banks she owned are located. She bought a beautiful mansion. She travels out of the country a lot with her daughter and tutor until her daughter, who is now eight years old, told her mother she didn't want to anymore, so she's at home with her auntie, granny, and tutor. As you will find out in reading this book, everything that glitters is not gold. There's drug trafficking, which needs the help of the FBI, attempted murder, gambling, bullying, and attempted rape.


100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family Or Friends with Cancer

100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family Or Friends with Cancer

Author: Susannah L. Rose

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1449618278

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Whether you are a friend or relative of someone suffering from cancer, this book offers help. The only book available to provide both the professional healthcare giver's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer, Second Edition gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, home care, insurance, quality of life and more. This book, completely revised and updated for this new edition, is an invaluable resource for family and friends who are coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of cancer.


A Friend's and Relative's Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism

A Friend's and Relative's Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism

Author: Ann Palmer

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1849058776

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A guide for the family of autistic children discusses the feelings that family members are likely to experience after a child is diagnosed as well as changes that will take place in a household, and covers the condition's characteristics.