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Title Family systems and cultural change / editors, Elza Berquó, Peter Xenos.

Publication Info. Oxford, England : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HQ759.98 .F37 1992    Available  ---
Description xiii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
Series International studies in demography
International studies in demography.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents The IUSSP Programme in family demography / Charlotte Höhn -- Convergence or compromise in historical family change? / Peter McDonald -- Family systems and cultural change : perspectives from past and present / Chris Wilson and Tim Dyson -- Family systems : their viability and vulnerability / John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldwell -- Traditional family systems in rural settings in Africa / Christine Oppong -- The role of the family in the process of entry to marriage in Asia / Lita J. Domingo and Elizabeth M. King -- Celibacy, solitude, and personal autonomy : individual choice and social constraints / Elizabeth Jelin -- The slavery period and its influence on household structure and the family in Jamaica, Cuba, and Brazil / Verena Stolcke -- The slavery period and its influence on family change in the United States / Richard Steckel -- The centrality of time in the study of the family / Norman B. Ryder.
Analysing household histories / Mei Ling Young -- Family change and family process : implications for research in developing countries / Maria Coleta F.A. de Oliveira.
Subject Family demography.
Family demography.
Families -- Cross-cultural studies.
Families -- Cross-cultural studies.
Indexed Term Families Demography
Added Author Berquó, Elza.
Xenos, Peter, 1943-
ISBN 0198283849 alkaline paper £30.00