Michael Gilding

The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at the family in history, tracing the shift from household economy, to the child-centred nuclear family, to the recent proliferation of households.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780044423485
• ISBN-10: 0044423489
• Artikelnr.: 69892957

Autorenporträt

Michael Gilding has a degree in history and a PhD in sociology. He is currently a Lecturer in Sociology at Swinburne Institute of Technology in Victoria.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Preface
1 Writing a history of the family
2 The making of childhood
3 The making of the nuclear family
4 The making of the housewife
5 The making of the small family
6 The remaking of motherhood
7 The making of the homosexual
8 The making and breaking of the Australian family
Notes
Select bibliography
Index