Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints,9780131995482

This item qualifies for
FREE SHIPPING!

Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints

by Nijole V. Benokraitis

ISBN13:

9780131995482

ISBN10:

0131995480

Format:

Hardcover

Pub. Date:

1/1/1996

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

Upgraded Edition: Click here!

Other versions by this Author

List Price: ~~$62.55~~

Buy New Textbook

Currently Available, Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours

$60.99

Rent Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

Used Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

eTextbook

We're Sorry
Not Available

More New and Used
from Private Sellers

Starting at $0.01

Questions About This Book?

What version or edition is this?

This is the edition with a publication date of 1/1/1996.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any CDs, lab manuals, study guides, etc.

Summary

Marriages and Families continues to be distinguished from other textbooks in several important ways. It offers comprehensive coverage of the field, allowing instructors to choose from a wide array of chapters that best suit their particular needs. It highlights important contemporary changes in society and the family. It explores the choices that are available to family members, as well as the constraints that many of us do not recognize. It examines the diversity of American families today, using cross-cultural and multicultural comparisons to encourage creative thinking about the many critical issues that confront the family of the twenty-first century.

The Changing Family	p. 1
Studying Marriage and the Family	p. 27
The Family in Historical Perspective	p. 51
Gender Roles: More Choices, More Constraints	p. 79
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - Or Is It?	p. 110
Understanding Human Sexuality	p. 137
Sexual Expression Throughout the Life Course	p. 170
Becoming a Couple: Dating, Rating, and Mating	p. 200
To Marry Or Tarry? Singlehood and Other Options	p. 229
Marriage and Marital Communication	p. 252
To Be Or Not to Be a Parent: More Choices, More Constraints	p. 285
Raising Children: Contemporary Prospects and Pitfalls	p. 319
Racial-Ethnic Families: Strengths, Stresses, and Stereotypes	p. 349
Families and Work: Facing the Economic Squeeze	p. 381
Family Violence and Other Crisis-Related Issues	p. 415
Separation and Divorce	p. 449
Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Life After Divorce	p. 479
Aging and Family Life: Grandparents, the Widowed, and Caregivers	p. 505
The Family in the Twenty-First Century	p. 535
Appendix A: Sexual Anatomy	p. 556
Appendix B: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth	p. 559
Appendix C: Contraceptive and Disease-Prevention Techniques	p. 564
Appendix D: AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases	p. 569
Appendix E: Nonmarital and Premarital Agreements	p. 572
Appendix F: State-By-State Laws on Divorce, Child Custody, and Child Support	p. 576
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

FREE SHIPPING OVER $59!