Families in America (Sociology in the Twenty-First Century)

[Susan L. Brown] ☆ Families in America (Sociology in the Twenty-First Century) ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Families in America (Sociology in the Twenty-First Century) With a lens toward socioeconomic inequality and racial-ethnic variation in family patterns, Families in America illustrates how family diversity is now the norm. Brown employs ethnographic vignettes and demographic data to introduce students to twenty-first century perspectives on contemporary families. Appropriate as a primary or secondary text in classes on family and marriage, this book probes momentous shifts in the definition of

Author	:	Susan L. Brown
Rating	:	4.51 (999 Votes)
Asin	:	0520285891
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	248 Pages
Publish Date	:	2015-12-29
Language	:	English

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From the Inside Flap“I read Susan Brown’s book with pleasure. It is a succinct and savvy account of our rapidly changing family system. It stands out as an empirically rich and judicious treatment of the American family.”—Frank Furstenberg, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a Ph.D.

With a lens toward socioeconomic inequality and racial-ethnic variation in family patterns, Families in America illustrates how family diversity is now the norm. Brown employs ethnographic vignettes and demographic data to introduce students to twenty-first century perspectives on contemporary families. Appropriate as a primary or secondary text in classes on family and marriage, this book probes momentous shifts in the definition of family, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and policy debates on welfare reform and work-family issues. B