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Public and Private Families: A Reader

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Public and Private Families: A Reader

By: Andrew Cherlin  

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This reader examines the family through two lenses--the familiar private family, in which we live our personal lives, and the public family, in which we deal with broader societal issues, such as raising the next generation, and the care of the elderly. Consequently, these readings look both at intimate, personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. The reader corresponds exactly to and is published concurrent with Cherlin�s textbook Public and Private Families: An Introduction; both the textbook and the reader have 15 same-named chapters. .

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Customer Review: 3 out of 5
Where are the men? - This book was used as a textbook for a sociology of family class.

One interesting observation is that there is an odd absence of studies and articles concerning men. I am not sure if this is because of the body of research out there or because this particular author chose to disregard those studies. Overall, nice balance of pro- and anti-traditional family input.

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