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Pt.1 Considering the past, contemplating the future : Household diversity : the starting point for healthy families in the new century / John Scanzoni -- Alternate lifestyles today : off the family studies screen / Roger H. Rubin -- The social and cultural construction of American childhood / Steven Mintz. |
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Pt.2 Contemporary couples : Cohabitation and family change / Judith A. Seltzer -- Variations in marriage over time : an ecological/exchange perspective / Ronald M. Sabatelli, Karen Ripoll -- Gay men & lesbians : the family context / Lawrence A. Kurdek -- Ambiguous constructions : development of a childless or child-free life course / Richard Bulcroft, Jay Teachman -- Intimate relationships in later life : current realities, future prospects / Teresa M. Cooney, Kathleen Dunne. |
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Pt.3 Gender issues in contemporary families : Jobs, marriage and parenting : working it out in dual-earner families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Elizabeth Turner -- Gendered family relations : the more things change, the more they stay the same / Lori A. McGraw, Alexis J. Walker -- Feminist visions for transforming families : desire and equality then and now / Katherine R. Allen. |
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Pt.4 Raising children in contemporary families : Encountering oppositions : a review of scholarship about motherhood / Susan Walzer -- Fathering : paradoxes, contradictions and dilemmas / Scott Coltrane -- Pathogenic-conflict families and children : what we know, what we need to know / W. Glenn Clingempeel, Eulalee Brand-Clingempeel. |
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Pt.5 Changing family structures : Divorce in social and historical context : changing scientific perspectives on children and marital dissolution / Paul R. Amato -- Single-parent families : risks, resilience and change / Michele T. Martin, Robert E. Emery, Tara S. Peris -- Britain's changing families / Graham Allan, Sheila Hawker, Graham Crow -- Stepfamilies : changes and challenges / Kay Pasley, Brad S. Moorefield. |
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Pt.6 Race and ethnicity in contemporary families : Continuing research on Latino families : el pasado y el futuro / Linda Citlali Halgunseth -- Diversity in African American families : trends and projections / M. Belinda Tucker, Saskia K. Subramanian, Angela D. James -- Asian American families : diverse history, contemporary trends, and the future / Masako Ishii-Kuntz -- A "seven-generation" approach to American Indian families / Walter T. Kawamoto, Tamara C. Cheshire -- Muslim families in the United States / Bahira Sherif-Trask. |
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Pt.7 Families in society : Families and religious beliefs, practices, and communities : linkages in a diverse and dynamic cultural context / David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks, Michael A. Goodman -- Family law for changing families in the new millennium / Mary Ann Mason, Mark A. Fine, Sarah Carnochan -- Building enduring family policies in the 21st century : the past as prologue? / Karen Bogenschneider, Tom Corbett -- The disturbing paradox of poverty in American families : what we have learned over the past four decades / Mark R. Rank. |
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Pt.8 Technology and contemporary families : Brave new families : modern health technologies and family creation / Dianne M. Bartels -- Understanding the effects of the Internet on family life / Robert Hughes, Jr., Jason D. Hans. |
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Pt.9 Working with contemporary families : Family therapy's response to family diversity : looking back, looking forward / Leigh A. Leslie, Goldie Morton -- Contemporary family life education : thirty years of challenge and progress / Deborah B. Gentry. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2003015932 |
| ISBN | 0761927131 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780761927136 (alk. paper) |
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