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  • STEPFAMILIES
    MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy examines language use, laws, cultural stereotypes, media images, and social policies and practices to create an understanding of how predominant views about stepfamilies and stepfamily members are constructed within society. As the rates of divorce and remarriage continue to increase, it is more important than ever to overcome nuclear...

    $999.00

  • FAMILIES AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION
    JOHN BYRNE / DAVID A. SCHULZ / MARVIN B. SUSSMAN
    Originally published in 1985. This volume on household energy conditions considers the energy crisis in the United States and offers an important appraisal of the future of energy consumption by families and the family's adaptations to decreasing energy availability. The chapters in the first section investigate the cultural dimensions of energy use at the household level, look...

    $799.00

  • PETS AND THE FAMILY
    MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    This major work summarizes the recent research and findings on the interactions of pets and their owners and the social and emotional benefits that may be derived by families who have pets. Social and health scientists explore the pervasiveness of the animal/human bond and the high prevalence of pets in U.S. households, including pets and children, pets and the elderly, pets as...

    $4,000.00

  • AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE
    ROMA S HANKS / MARVIN B SUSSMAN / BARBARA H SETTLES
    As the world heads into the twenty-first century, individuals and their families are being confronted with a more diverse array of possible life experiences than has ever existed before. Changes in longevity, marriage, fertility, employment, and many other areas have created new opportunities for individual and family choice and variability in life course experiences. American ...

    $1,259.00

  • THE METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES OF QUALITATIVE FAMILY RESEARCH
    JANET F GILGUN / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research can provide you with a strong conceptual framework for undertaking qualitative research. As it explores inquiry and theory on the cutting edge, it shows how qualitative methodologies can be applied to family life, education, and research. Designed to demonstrate how emerging and established methodologies can advance t...

    $1,599.00

  • SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES
    MARVIN B SUSSMAN / SHIRLEY HANSON
    Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society. This book analyzes literature and empirical research concerning single parent families and explores issues and challenges they face. Contributing authors from many fields and perspectives examine a broad range of subjects relating to families in which one person is primarily r...

    $1,259.00

  • FAMILY MEDICINE
    BETTY E COGSWELL / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    Here is an insightful review of the origins of family medicine as an AMA-approved specialty, including the difficulties in developing the role of family physician. ...

    $1,299.00

  • TRANSITIONS TO PARENTHOOD
    ROBIN J PALKOVITZ / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    In this unusual but exciting look at a complex topic, family scholars offer a vast array of insights into the multiple consequences, concerns, and characteristics of parenthood. The transition to parenthood--the most critical step in individual and family life cycles--is thoroughly examined from a social psychological perspective. Cultural and ethnic factors are considered as m...

    $1,139.00

  • HOMOSEXUALITY AND FAMILY RELATIONS
    MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    The first book of its kind, Homosexuality and Family Relations focuses on the effects of homosexuality and being homosexual on individuals in families and on the family as a group. Edited by Frederick W. Bozett, RN, DNS, and Marvin B. Sussman, PhD, this informative and enlightening volume examines the multiple varieties of family forms in which gay men and lesbians live, addres...

    $1,599.00

  • FAMILIES AND LAW
    MARVIN B SUSSMAN / LISA J MCINTYRE
    The family and the law, with its attendant legal systems, share a pervasive connectedness. With this new volume, family practitioners and scholars can begin to increase the family?s position in relation to the law and legal system. The contributing authors bring to light the power of laws and the ways to influence them,for the benefit of the family. ...

    $1,399.00

  • SOCIAL STRESS AND THE FAMILY
    HAMILTON I MC CUBBIN / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    An informative anthology of recent theory and research developments pertinent to family stress. ...

    $1,299.00

  • MEN'S CHANGING ROLES IN THE FAMILY
    ROBERT A LEWIS / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    How are men reacting to, perceiving, and behaving in light of the changes in gender roles. Here is an important volume that provides new and interesting reading about contemporary husbands and fathers. Men’s Changing Roles in the Family, offers an overview of the causes and consequences of changes in men’s family roles in recent decades. Experts introduce you to the issues, pro...

    $659.00

  • INTERCULTURAL VARIATION IN FAMILY RESEARCH AND THEORY
    ROMA S HANKS / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    Intercultural Variation in Family Research and Theory sets forth 23 critical reviews in a 2-volume set that document the development of family research and theory in various societies around the world. Focusing on modern research while drawing on the historical roots of theoretical and methodological approaches employed in the study of family, this collection not only increases...

    $4,600.00

  • WOMEN AND THE FAMILY
    BETH HESS / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    Despite the pervasive changes that have taken place in women’s lives in the past twenty-five years--increased participation in the labor force, the attainment of higher levels of education, and higher salaries--comparable changes in the division of family labor and in the roles of men have lagged considerably. In this timely book, the editors and other experts in feminism and f...

    $1,099.00

  • FAMILIES
    SUSAN K PFEIFER / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    This special volume is devoted to the synthesis and review of theoretical and conceptual approaches associated with familial and non-familial connections across the life span. An important book as society “returns to the family,” it compares and contrasts different disciplinary perspectives associated with intergenerational relationships. Because intergenerational relationships...

    $1,299.00

  • THE ROLE OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
    PAMELA R CUMMINGS / FRANCIS A KWANSA / MARVIN B SUSSMAN
    The Role of the Hospitality Industry in the Lives of Individuals and Families explores the evolution of the hospitality industry and the relationships between hospitality providers, their families, and the guests they serve. Focusing on the human aspect of the business, this text will give hospitality providers a better understanding of the human relations issues that they or t...

    $1,139.00