Public and Private Families: An Introduction

Public and Private Families: An Introduction discusses the family in two senses: the private family in which we live most of our personal lives and the public family in which we as adults deal with broader societal issues. The eighth edition of this program examines the history of families around the world while simultaneously introducing the most relevant topics in society such as same sex marriage self-identification and the globalization and modernization of families today.

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Book Details

• Author: Andrew Cherlin
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• eBook ISBN: 9781259845376, 1259845370
• Print ISBN: 9780078027154, 0078027152