The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change
The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change book cover

The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change

Second Edition

Price
$28.67
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0393639353
Dimensions
7.8 x 0.8 x 10.1 inches
Weight
2.16 pounds

Description

Book Description with Ebook and InQuizitive About the Author Philip N. Cohen , Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, is the creator of the blog FamilyInequality.com. He has published extensively on the gender division of labor within families, family structure, and health disparities. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post , and he has appeared on NPR and MSNBC. You can follow Philip N. Cohen on Twitter at @familyunequal.

Features & Highlights

  • Learn the story behind the data about today’s families
  • Assigned at over 300 schools,
  • The Family
  • was an instant success due to Philip Cohen’s conversational style and robust scholarship. By encouraging sociological thinking about contemporary families,
  • The Family
  • helps students become savvy consumers of media-reported research. In the Second Edition, Cohen examines trends in family life such as gender fluidity, sexuality in later life, and technology’s transformation of romantic relationships. The book is further strengthened by expanded media resources including award-winning InQuizitive activities.

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