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Family life in 20th-century America
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Family life in 20th-century America

Author: Marilyn Coleman; Lawrence H Ganong; Kelly Warzinik
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2007.
Series: Family life through history
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Explores home and work, family ceremonies and celebrations, parenting and children, divorce and single-parent homes, gay and lesbian families, as well as cooking and meals, urban vs. suburban homes, and ethnic and minority families in twentieth century America.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marilyn Coleman; Lawrence H Ganong; Kelly Warzinik
ISBN: 9780313333569 0313333564
OCLC Number: 79001604
Description: xviii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Courtship, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, remarriage, and bereavement: family transitions in the 20th century -- How families lived -- Work and family life -- Rituals: how families developed and maintained shared meanings -- Mothers and motherhood -- Men in families -- Children and adolescents in families -- Family abuse and neglect: the dark side of families -- Alternative family forms. Preface -- Courtship, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, remarriage, and bereavement: family transitions in the 20th century -- How families lived -- Work and family life -- Rituals: how families developed and maintained shared meanings -- Mothers and motherhood -- Men in families -- Children and adolescents in families -- Family abuse and neglect: the dark side of families -- Alternative family forms -- References -- Index.
Series Title: Family life through history
Other Titles: Family life in twentieth-century America
Responsibility: Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong, and Kelly Warzinik.
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Explores home and work, family ceremonies and celebrations, parenting and children, divorce and single-parent homes, gay and lesbian families, as well as cooking and meals, urban vs. suburban homes, and ethnic and minority families in twentieth century America.

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