International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family - Hardcover

Gale Group

9780028656724: International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028656725 ISBN 13: 9780028656724

Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference, 2002

Articles cover such topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, domestic violence, child abuse, and codependency, and discusses family life within specific countries and religious traditions.

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Synopsis:

This edition revises and expands Macmillan's 1995 "Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family", adopting an international, cross-cultural aproach to such diverse topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, codependency and commuter marriages. It includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change.

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