By Kathleen Heasman
August 09, 2023
Originally published in 1978, this book was written in response to the growing need for resource material for Home Economics courses in which the sociological content was becoming increasingly important. It was particularly valuable for A level teachers and students, and it provided a clear and ...
By Anthea Holme
August 09, 2023
Originally published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London, the areas covered by Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their celebrated books Family and Kinship in East London and Family and Class in a London Suburb. Her...
By Jean Renvoize
August 09, 2023
In the early 1980s incest was ceasing to be a taboo subject. In Britain there was much conjecture but little knowledge about it, although some estimates suggested that as many as one child in ten would experience some form of sexual abuse within the family. Originally published in 1982, Jean ...
By Ian R. H. Falloon, Marc Laporta, Grainne Fadden, Victor Graham-Hole
August 09, 2023
Originally published in 1993, Managing Stress in Families deals with the use of well-researched psychosocial strategies in working with families under stress. This includes households where one or more members experience major mental or physical health problems, learning disabilities, as well as ...
By Various
August 09, 2023
This 19-volume set has titles originally published between 1960 and 1993. Broadly sociological the collection covers a variety of family issues including: child abuse and family violence; housing and community; mental health; parenthood in its various guises; the impact of ageing; the relationship ...
By Jean Renvoize
August 09, 2023
Some of the most frightening and harmful violence in modern society takes place inside the family. Wives, children, grandparents, all of them can be subject to attacks that range from mild ‘roughing up’ to assaults that leave the victim physically or psychologically crippled. What causes this ...
By Eric Sainsbury
August 08, 2023
Originally published in 1975 and based on a study of the memories and perceptions of twenty-seven families known to a Family Service Unit, and of their most recent social workers, this book was an important contribution to our knowledge of consumer opinions of the social services at the time. In ...
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By Man Singh Das, Panos D. Bardis
August 08, 2023
The institution of the family is by far the most important of all the societal networks in which the lives of men, women and children are involved. Nowhere is this more true than in the less developed countries of Asia. Originally published in 1979, The Family in Asia aimed to provide a series of ...