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The family in global transition / edited by Gordon L. Anderson.

Contributor(s): Anderson, Gordon L. (Gordon Louis), 1947-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: St. Paul, Minn. : Professors World Peace Academy, 1997Description: xxiv, 543 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1885118058 (cloth); 1885118066 (pbk.)Subject(s): Families -- History | Families -- Cross-cultural studies | Family membersDDC classification: 306.85/09 LOC classification: HQ503 | .F3198 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The family in pre-state societies / Elliott P. Skinner -- The family in antiquity / Jan Knappert -- The family in the Holy Roman Empire: the influence of Christianity in reshaping the ancient and medieval family / Anthony J. Guerra -- The family in early modern England / Jean La Fontaine -- The family in modern society: from the tyranny of rules to the whim of relationships / Jon Davies -- Modern crises and the renegotiation of African familial relations / Gwendolyn Mikell -- The family revolution in China / Kate Zhou and Marion Levy -- The Hindu family: constraints of the past, strains on the present / Sushil Panjabi -- The family in the Jewish tradition / Richard L. Rubenstein -- The Muslim family: idealism and realism / A. M. Khattab -- Some thoughts on the family in Latin America / Armando de la Torre -- The Former East Bloc family in the modern world / Jaroslav Macháček -- The decline of the Western family thesis: a critique and appraisal / William R. Garrett -- Reflections on the family at century's end / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Feminism and the family / Patricia Lança -- Fatherlessness in the United States / Mitchell B. Pearlstein -- Homosexual households and social stability / Carl Pfluger -- Race, gender, "family values", and public policy / Twila L. Perry -- The future of the family in an age of change / Jerry E. Pournelle -- Policy, law and family stability: from antiquity to the dawn of the third millenium / Nicholas N. Kittrie.

Includes bibliographical references.

The family in pre-state societies / Elliott P. Skinner -- The family in antiquity / Jan Knappert -- The family in the Holy Roman Empire: the influence of Christianity in reshaping the ancient and medieval family / Anthony J. Guerra -- The family in early modern England / Jean La Fontaine -- The family in modern society: from the tyranny of rules to the whim of relationships / Jon Davies -- Modern crises and the renegotiation of African familial relations / Gwendolyn Mikell -- The family revolution in China / Kate Zhou and Marion Levy -- The Hindu family: constraints of the past, strains on the present / Sushil Panjabi -- The family in the Jewish tradition / Richard L. Rubenstein -- The Muslim family: idealism and realism / A. M. Khattab -- Some thoughts on the family in Latin America / Armando de la Torre -- The Former East Bloc family in the modern world / Jaroslav Macháček -- The decline of the Western family thesis: a critique and appraisal / William R. Garrett -- Reflections on the family at century's end / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Feminism and the family / Patricia Lança -- Fatherlessness in the United States / Mitchell B. Pearlstein -- Homosexual households and social stability / Carl Pfluger -- Race, gender, "family values", and public policy / Twila L. Perry -- The future of the family in an age of change / Jerry E. Pournelle -- Policy, law and family stability: from antiquity to the dawn of the third millenium / Nicholas N. Kittrie.

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