The Sociology of Gender and the Family

As increased access to employment and educational opportunities brought dramatic changes to women's lives, sociologists began to look at the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families.

Based on empirical investigations and personal experience, the studies included here set out to establish patterns and regularities in social behaviour, and to understand the social roles of kinship groups, mothers, wives, children and the elderly.

This set contains classic works by Parsons and Myrdal.

Volumes in this set are: Adopted Children, Alexina Mary McWhinnie (1967) 0-415-17640-9:Britain's Married Women Workers, Viola Klein (1965) 0-415-17641-7:Families and their Relatives, Hubert Firth and Forge Firth (1970) 0-415-17643-3:The Family and Democratic Society, Joseph Kirk Folsom (1949) 0-415-17644-1:The Family and Social Change, Colin Rosser and Christopher Harris (1965) 0-415-17645-X:The Family Herds, P.H.

Gulliver (1955) 0-415-17646-8:Family: Socialization and Interaction Process, Talcott Parsons and Robert F. Bales (1956) 0-415-17647-6:Foster Care: Theory and Practice, Victor George (1970) 0-415-17649-2:From Generation to Generation, S.N.

Eisenstadt (1956) 0-415-17650-6:The Golden Wing, Lin Yueh-Hwa (1948) 0-415-17651-4:In Place of Parents, Gordon Trasler (1960) 0-415-17652-2:In Retirement, Howard Bracey (1966) 0-415-17653-0:Middle Class Families, Colin Bell (1968) 0-415-17654-9:Nation and Family, Alva Myrdal (1945) 0-415-17655-7:Women's Two Roles, Alva Myrdal and Viola Klein (1956) 0-415-17657-3: .00