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Designing families : the search for self and community in the information age

By John H. , Scanzoni

Book information

Publisher
Pine Forge Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9781452262611, 1452262616
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13715970 bytes)
Pages
263\287
Time added
2019-06-29 06:12:42

Description

Examining the challenges facing the nuclear family as it enters the new millenium, John Scanzoni sets the issue of change in families in aN historical and cross-cultural perspective tracing the development of the family from the Agricultural Age to the Information Age. New families -- I: Designing families past and present -- An unfinished revolution: the 1940s nonconnected family style -- A continuing revolution: the 1950s to the present -- Cohousing as family reform -- 2: Inventing the future by completing the revolution -- Empowering women: balancing the private and public spheres -- Empowering children and youth: making parenting public -- Empowering the community: making the private political -- Conclusion: the revolution that never ends.

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