| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International library of sociology
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International library of sociology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-364) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Sex, Power, and Families of the World -- Patriarchy and Its Exits and Closures -- Modernities and Family Systems: Patriarchy around 1900 -- A Long Nightþs Journey into Dawn -- The Patriarchal Burden of the Twenty-first century -- Marriage and Mutations of the Socio-Sexual Order -- Sex and Marriage in l900 -- Marital Curvatures of the Twentieth century -- The Return of Cohabitation and the Sexual Revolution -- Couples, Babies, and States -- Fertility Decline and Political Natalism -- The Politics and the Sociology of Birth Control -- Conclusion. The century Gone, the century Coming. |
| Summary |
The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work Göran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution, and of politics within the family. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- History -- 20th century.
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Families. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Families -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Families -- Cross-cultural studies. |
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Patriarchy -- History -- 20th century.
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Patriarchy. |
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Marriage -- History -- 20th century.
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Marriage. |
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Sex -- Social aspects.
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Sex -- Social aspects. |
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Fertility, Human -- Social aspects.
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Fertility, Human -- Social aspects. |
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Fertility, Human. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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History.
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| Subject |
Marriage. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Therborn, Göran, 1941- Between sex and power. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415300789 0415300770 (DLC) 2003017723 (OCoLC)52845525 |
| ISBN |
0203643291 (electronic book) |
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9780203643297 (electronic book) |
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0203670078 |
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9780203670071 |
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0415300789 (Paper) |
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0415300770 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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