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Families and Households

Divisions and Change

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Catherine Marsh

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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  2. Sara Arber

    1. University of Surrey, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Research on Families and Households in Modern Britain: An Introductory Essay

    • Catherine Marsh, Sara Arber
    Pages 1-25

  3. Short-term Reciprocity in Parent-Child Economic Exchanges

    • Gill Jones
    Pages 26-44

  4. Saturday Jobs: Sixth-formers in the Labour Market and the Family

    • Susan Hutson, Wai-yee Cheung
    Pages 45-62

  5. Relationships Between the Generations in British Families Past and Present

    • Richard Wall
    Pages 63-85

  6. ‘In Sickness and in Health’: Care-giving, Gender and the Independence of Elderly People

    • Sara Arber, Jay Ginn
    Pages 86-105

  7. Rational Choice and Household Division

    • Alan Carling
    Pages 106-124

  8. The Differentiation of Households and Working Time Arrangements in West Germany

    • Volker H. Schmidt
    Pages 125-141

  9. Diversity and Ambiguity Among Lone-Parent Households in Modern Britain

    • Graham Crow, Michael Hardey
    Pages 142-156

  10. Social Networks of Single-person Households

    • Walter Bien, Jan Marbach, Robert Templeton
    Pages 157-173

  11. Upholding the Nuclear Family: A Study of Unmarried Parents and Domestic Courts

    • Rosemary Collins
    Pages 174-191

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 192-217
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Catherine Marsh

  • University of Surrey, UK

    Sara Arber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Families and Households

  • Book Subtitle: Divisions and Change

  • Editors: Catherine Marsh, Sara Arber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21894-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: British Sociological Association 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-21896-7Published: 27 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-21894-3Published: 27 January 1992

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 217

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

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