{"product_id":"family-life-in-western-societies-a-historical-sociology-of-family-relationships-in-britain-and-north-america-paperback-9780521337526","title":"Family Life in Western Societies; A Historical Sociology of Family Relationships in Britain and North America (Paperback) 9780521337526","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFamily Life in Western Societies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Historical Sociology of Family Relationships in Britain and North America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book was first published in 1987, offering a masterly review and synthesis of the available literature on family life in western societies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. E. Goldthorpe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521337526, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 May 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.335 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book was first published in 1987, offering a masterly review and synthesis of the available literature on family life in western societies. This book presents a distinctive approach to family sociology, focusing on two related questions: Why did we have the kind of family life we did when we did? and why did we have the kind of sociology of family life we did when we did? Goldthorpe employs a doubly historical perspective in which both 'family life', as opposed to 'the family', and sociological thought about family life, are alike seen as processes in time and in relation to each other. He draws on earlier sociological studies which he uses as historical evidence both for more recent changes in family life and for the evolution of sociological thought on the family. Meticulous in presenting both sides of controversies in family studies, and forthright in taking a clear position on all of them, Goldthorpe challenges many widely held preconceptions about family life. The book assumes little previous knowledge of sociology, and is easily accessible to students and other readers interested in understanding this fundamental aspect of human experience.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. First principles\u003cbr\u003e 2. Family life in the past: continuity and change in four revolutions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Maternal care and maternal deprivation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sociological models of western family life in the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e 5. Criticisms and critics of the 1950s models\u003cbr\u003e 6. Family life and mental illness, especially schizophrenia\u003cbr\u003e 7. Exogamy and the avoidance of incest\u003cbr\u003e 8. Age-mates and adolescent socialisation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Women in employment\u003cbr\u003e 10. Careers and couples\u003cbr\u003e 11. Social class, social mobility and family life\u003cbr\u003e 12. Family life among ethnic minorities\u003cbr\u003e 13. Marital adjustment, marital breakdown and divorce\u003cbr\u003e 14. Departures and rejections\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social issues \u0026amp; processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social issues \u0026amp; processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20issues%20\u0026amp;%20processes%20%5BJFF%5D%22\"\u003eJFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005228863768,"sku":"9780521337526","price":27.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521337526i_788254e1-235d-4193-a3fb-cf075dce284b.jpg?v=1691375411","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/family-life-in-western-societies-a-historical-sociology-of-family-relationships-in-britain-and-north-america-paperback-9780521337526","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}