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  • Strangers in the House

    The World of Stepsiblings and Half-Siblings

    by William R. Beer ...
    If present trends in divorce and remarriage continue, before the end of the century the stepfamily will outnumber all other types of family in the United States. In 1980 one out of five children under the age of eight were living in stepfamilies, and there were at least two million households in which the children were relation only by marriage (stepsiblings) or who shared only one parent in ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Water

    by David L. Feldman ...
    Series series Resources
    Water is our planet’s most precious resource. It is required by every living thing, yet a huge proportion of the world’s population struggles to access clean water daily. Agriculture, aquaculture, industry, and energy all depend on it - yet its provision and safety engender widespread conflict; battles likely to intensify as threats to freshwater abundance and quality, such as climate change, ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Crossing Swords

    Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage

    by Cindy Peyser Safronoff ...
    A woman is running for US President! Socialism is gaining ground in America, and a campaign is underway to redefine marriage, causing a culture war between Christian leaders and feminists. The year is 1872, and Victoria Woodhull is leading the radical faction of the women's rights movement along with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. On the other end of the women's rights spectrum, more ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Social Origins of Private Life

    A History of American Families, 1600-1900

    by Stephanie Coontz ...
    A highly original account of the evolution of the family unitCurrent debates about the future of the family are often based on serious misconceptions about its past. Arguing that there is no biologically mandated or universally functional family form, Stephanie Coontz traces the complexity and variety of family arrangements in American history, from Native American kin groups to the emergence of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Unfinished Business

    Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy

    by Ruth Milkman, Eileen Appelbaum ...
    Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States, which began in 2004. Drawing on original data from fieldwork and surveys of employers, workers, and the larger California adult population, Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum analyze in detail the effect of the state's landmark paid family leave on employers ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Lonely Margins of the Sea

    by Shonagh Koea ...
    Witty and ironic, this novel follows an intriguing return to the family home on the lonely margins of the sea. Stephanie was always the outsider - never allowed to play with the china dolls on the staircase landing, always on the edge of family events, shut out of the important secrets. Now, after many years, she returns to the family house, on the lonely margins of the sea, to care for her ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Family and Intimate Mobilities

    by C. Holdsworth ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the many varied ways in which family and intimate lives are realized through mobility: from leaving home, courtship, relationship breakdown, moving house, commuting, family holidays through to children's mobilities, documenting how mobility creates, sustains and dissolves family and intimate relations. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Like Mother, Like Daughter?

    How Career Women Influence their Daughters' Ambition

    by Jill Armstrong ...
    Women are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. Who better to be a role model for career success than your mother? Paradoxically, this book shows that having a mother as a role model, even for graduates of top universities, does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers.It finds that mothers with careers ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Coping with Infertility

    Clinically Proven Ways of Managing the Emotional Roller Coaster

    by Negar Nicole Jacobs, William T. O'Donohue ...
    Coping with Infertility is an essential source of emotional support for any couple struggling with involuntary childlessness. The book offers proven techniques and real-life examples from both men and women, in order to outline common emotional reactions and remind couples that they are not alone in their ups and downs. The coping skills discussed in the book have been assembled from years of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Handbook of Family Theories

    A Content-Based Approach

    Edited by Mark A. Fine, Frank D. Fincham ...
    Organized by content areas rather than by theory, this comprehensive, accessible handbook helps readers gain greater insight into how key theories have impacted today’s family research. Most competing books, organized by theory, do not provide a strong sense of the links between theory and research. Using the 2000 and 2010 decade-in-review issues of the Journal of Marriage and Family as a resource ... Read more

    $132.99 USD

  • Preparing Educators to Engage Families

    Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework

    Edited by Heather B. Weiss, M. Elena Lopez, Holly M. Kreider, Celina M. Chatman-Nelson ...
    Constant changes in education are creating new and uncertain roles for parents and teachers that must be explored, identified, and negotiated. Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework, Third Edition encourages readers to hone their analytic and problem-solving skills for use in real-world situations with students and their families.Organized ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • The Rights of the Child in a Changing World

    25 Years after The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

    Edited by Olga Cvejić Jančić ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book deals with the implementation of the rights of the child as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 21 countries from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the USA. It gives an overview of the legal status of children regarding their most salient rights, such as the implementation of the best interest principle, the right of the child to know about of his/her origin, the right ... Read more

    $89.09 USD