Making and Breaking of the Australian Family

Name: Making and Breaking of the Australian Family
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ISBN: 9780044423485

ISBN-10: 0044423489

ISBN-13: 9780044423485

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Gilding

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Once everyone knew what the family was. It was something natural and without a history - mum, dad and the kids.Divorce, women in the workforce, de facto relationships and the sexual liberation movements have fractured the old certainties. Nowadays there is more talk about the family than ever, even if no-one is quite sure what it is any more.The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family looks at the family in history. It traces the shift from the household economy of the late nineteenth century, to the child-centred nuclear family of the mid-twentieth century, to the recent proliferation of households. The book argues that the so-called traditional family was a quite recent creation, and…

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List price: $34.99
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 7/19/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.550