American Families
A Multicultural Reader
Price: $125.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-95820-2
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 7th March 2008
- Pages: 488
About the Book
With its clear conceptual focus, well-chosen essays exploring the interactions between race-ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality in shaping family life by leading names from across the curriculum, and its comprehensive and teachable introduction, the completely updated, revised, and expanded second edition of Stephanie Coontz’s American Families remains the best resource available on family diversity in America.
Reviews
'What a collection of articles! Stephanie Coontz has gathered together the writing of many of the most important scholars of our time to address one of the most important issues of our time - the growing diversity of American families. A great choice for undergraduate classrooms and an addition to any scholar’s bookshelf.' - Barbara J. Risman, author of Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition
'American Families provides a powerful exploration of the challenges facing contemporary families. From the historical roots of inequality to tools to theorize the meanings of difference, this collection provides engaging readings that illustrate American past and present struggles, laced with hope for the future.' - Jennifer A. Reich, author of Fixing Families: Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
'American Families is a marvel -t he authors have identified some the very best and clearest new scholarship. The book affords an accurate, thoughtful and thought-provoking glimpse at family life in the US as it really is.' - Linda Gordon, author of The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction
About the Author(s)
Stephanie Coontz is Professor of Family History at the Evergreen State College. She is the author of numerous books, including Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage.
Maya Parson is a doctoral candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Gabrielle Raley is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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