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Mecke (emerita, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Stanford U.; emerita, educational psychology, California State U., Hayward) explores troubling cases in which suicide was provoked by a family member, or instigator.

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This is a defence of every individual's right to choose a voluntary death.

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This volume offers a comprehensive, up-to-date synopsis of fathering and father-child relationships in diverse regions of the world, helping students and practitioners alike understand cultural variations in male parenting.

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Biller, well known for his extensive research into the impacts of involved fathering or the absence thereof, provides a comprehensive, straightforward analysis of just how important paternal involvement really is.

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Biller, well known for his extensive research into the impacts of involved fathering or the absence thereof, provides a comprehensive, straightforward analysis of just how important paternal involvement really is.

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Finally, the caregiver role effect indicated on all infants' attachment behaviors under stress showed a distinctive preference for primary caregivers (fathers or mothers) with disregard for gender.

Dr. Geiger's study indicates that primary caregiving fathers can be as competent as primary and secondary caregiving mothers.

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Acclaimed author Rhonda Britten continues to reveal her teachings for achieving a life free from the nagging fears and doubts that keep people from realizing their full potential and making the most of every moment.

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In Feeding the Hustle, Jesse Dart examines how free food programs in the workplace alter the relationship between employer and employee, support a flexible type of workforce, and reveal a commensality that is both exclusionary and inclusionary.

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Aside from iconic American brands and types of shoes, this volume will also look at how feet are treated and viewed around the globe: removing shoes upon entering a house, washing feet for religious purposes, giving feet the spa treatment, and covering feet up for social customs.

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This book comprehensively examines the practice of female genital mutilation and proposes new intervention programs and community-based initiatives that protect the rights of children and women who live with the serious risks and long-term consequences of the practice.

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Collected writings from the principal feminist writers, from Abigail Adams and Sojourner Truth to Emma Goldman and Margaret Sanger.

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The interaction of feminism with cultural studies has revolutionised both fields. Here, Sue Thornham traces the complex relationship between the two, examining the ways in which feminism has affected the key theoretical developments for the last thirty years and has influenced - and contested - the direction of cultural studies research.

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In 1955 the Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems conducted a survey to determine the number of pregnancies and births wives had had, the number of children wanted expected etc. In 1960 a similar study was made, and the results are presented here. Projections on births and population for the US to 1985 are presented. Originally pu

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Scholars have charged population growth with lowering aggregate income per capita, depleting natural resources, reducing the quality of the environment, and causing more unequal distribution of income. Maintaining that the order of these concerns should be reversed, Peter H. Lindert emphasizes the tendency of higher fertility and population growth

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Lebanon, with large Christian communities, is a relatively modern country compared with others in the Moslem fertile crescent, and an interesting microcosm for studying fertility changes in this area. David Yaukey's book, based on interviews with over 900 Lebanese women, describes the pattern of large fertility changes according to rural and urban

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Concerns the role of language in the Indonesian revolution. This book traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred from 1945 through 1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the last part of the nineteenth century.

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Field Stories presents and analyzes fieldwork stories shared in classrooms to demonstrate how ethnographic methods and analysis can be communicated more clearly to the next generation of students. The chapters are rich in detail, and written in clear narrative prose, highlighting the value of ethnographic data, and the enchantment of the field.

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Field Stories presents and analyzes fieldwork stories shared in classrooms to demonstrate how ethnographic methods and analysis can be communicated more clearly to the next generation of students. The chapters are rich in detail, and written in clear narrative prose, highlighting the value of ethnographic data, and the enchantment of the field.