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Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work explores the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs while analyzing how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another.

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Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work explores the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs while analyzing how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another.

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Deborah Merrill, a woman's advocate and Sociology professor at one of our nation's top universities, has been studying the relationship for nearly a decade and, in this book, explains where the difficulty is rooted, how friendly pairs have made it past problems that surface between a man's mother and his wife, and how they became friends.

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Exploring the nature of Nazi family ideology, this book provides an overview of various aspects of Nazi family policy, including the impact of eugenics upon population policy and issues such as marriage, divorce, contraception, abortion and welfare measures.

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Census decennial enumerations are utilized to achieve two useful estimates: (l) Annual series of estimates of births, birth rates, and fertility rates for the white population of the U.S. from 1855 to the present (the first set of data on an annual basis); (2) Adjusted single-year age distributions of native white population and estimated undercoun

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Becoming a parent is a life changing experience and, like all major changes, parenthood can also be a source of strain. This title offers practical ideas to help get back some normality and restore the relationship.

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On Their Own is meant to serve as a clarion call not only to policymakers, but to all Americans who care about the future of our young people.

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Provides an overview of out-of-wedlock births in the United States from a comparative and historical perspective.

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This book examines recent attempts by liberal theorists to defend parental authority and the paradoxes that it poses. Dennis Arjo explores various topics within the philosophy of parenting such as education, discipline, and the right of parents to teach their own religious beliefs to their children.

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This book shows how specific agents shape the political character of adolescents, how response to these agents varies according to sex, race, and other factors, and how political learning changes through the life-cycle and across generations. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to

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"The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why the"

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In this book, leading researchers spotlight how dramatically the practice of adoption has changed both in North America and Europe in recent decades due to, among other factors, a falling rate of domestically born infants being placed for adoption.

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Race and Family is a textbook that introduces students to key concepts through a structural lens. Rather than examining each racial/ethnic group in isolation like many race and family textbooks, Race and Family illustrates overarching structural factors that affect all families, such as economic factors, demographic factors, and gender relations.

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Race and Family is a textbook that introduces students to key concepts through a structural lens. Rather than examining each racial/ethnic group in isolation like many race and family textbooks, Race and Family illustrates overarching structural factors that affect all families, such as economic factors, demographic factors, and gender relations.

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Without true healing, Madsen's analysis reveals, a new mother's suppressed sense of loss and pain can affect her relationships with her baby and husband, her body image, her feelings about going back to work, even her hopes for future pregnancies and births.

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A collection of insights into men's and women's anger experiences, the sources and extent of gender-based anger, feelings about recent gender role changes, and thoughts on improving gender relationships.

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She takes a candid look at family politics - from an adult's point of view as well as a child's - and also addresses the relationship issues which arise if you and your partner decide to have children of your own.

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Examines how religious congregations in America have responded to changes in family structure, and how families participate in local religious life. Based on a study of congregations and community residents in upstate New York, this book argues that while some religious groups may be nostalgic for the Ozzie and Harriet days, others are changing.

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Using black families as the central unit of analysis, the authors identify fundamental issues requiring concentrated attention and policy changes.

Both factors external to the black family and consideration internal to it are studied.