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050	0	0	_aHQ 536 _bC44 2021
100	1		_aCherlin, Andrew J., _d1948- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPublic & private families : _ban introduction / _cAndrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University.
246	3		_aPublic and private families
250			_aNinth edition.
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _c2021.
300			_axxviii, 434 pages : _c26 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
365			_b4441.00 _cPHP
500			_aPrevious edition published in 2017.
520			_a"The sociology of the family is deceptively hard to study. Unlike, say, physics, the topic is familiar (a word whose very root is Latin for "family") because virtually everyone grows up in families. Therefore, it can seem "easy" to study the family because students can bring to bear their personal knowledge of the subject. Some textbooks play to this familiarity by mainly providing students with an opportunity to better understand their private lives. The authors never stray too far from the individual experiences of the readers, focusing on personal choices such as whether to marry and whether to have children. To be sure, giving students insight into the social forces that shape their personal decisions about family life is a worthwhile objective. Nevertheless, the challenge of writing about the sociology of the family is also to help students understand that the significance of families extends beyond personal experience. Today, as in the past, the family is the site of not only private decisions but also activities that matter to our society as a whole"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFamilies _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFamilies.
650		0	_aFamily policy.
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