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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Family rhythms; Contents; List of figures; List of photographs; List of panels; Preface; Introduction:Irish families in the sociological imagination; Part I: Questioning the modern family; 1 The idea of the modern family; 2 Beyond the modern family:re-visioning family change; Part II Changing families acrossthe life course; 3 Changing childhoods; 4 Early adulthood and family formation; 5 Working and parenting in the middle years; 6 New grandparents:older people in the family; Part III Re-visioning family changein Ireland; 7 Conclusion: resilient families; Glossary of key concepts. |
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Technical informationList of participants; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This textbook draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate how Irish families have adapted and changed over time. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- Ireland.
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Families. |
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Ireland. |
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Social change -- Ireland.
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Social change. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Geraghty, Ruth, author.
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Ralph, David (Assistant Professor of Sociology), author.
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| ISBN |
9781526131683 (electronic book) |
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1526131684 (electronic book) |
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