Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families (Life Course Studies) - Hardcover

Angel, Ronald J.; Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299139603 ISBN 13: 9780299139605

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994

Synopsis

A comprehensive examination of the impact of single motherhood on the physical and mental health of women and their children in the USA. Based on scientific information, it predicts serious, long-term health consequences due to the poverty and social disorganisation in which many families live.

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Review

This book will be an excellent supplement for a range of courses precisely because the authors provide point and counterpoint that could easily enhance and enrich class discussion. The authors propose several possibilities, all of which are readily debatable given the existing literature. . . . The beauty of this book is that it gives the reader the material and the inspiration for a spirited debate on the subject. John R. Weeks, "American Journal of Sociology"" "This book will be an excellent supplement for a range of courses precisely because the authors provide point and counterpoint that could easily enhance and enrich class discussion. The authors propose several possibilities, all of which are readily debatable given the existing literature. . . . The beauty of this book is that it gives the reader the material and the inspiration for a spirited debate on the subject."--John R. Weeks, "American Journal of Sociology"

About the Author

Ronald J. Angel is professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and the editor of the J"ournal of Health and Social Behavior." Jacqueline L. Angel is lecturer in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of "Health and Living Arrangements of the Elderly."

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299139603
• ISBN 13: 9780299139605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288