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  • Daughtering and Motheringby J. van Mens-Verhulst; K. M. G. Schreurs; L. Woerton

    Routledge 1993; US$ 39.95

    Challenging accepted psychoanalytic views, this book focusses on daughtering as an active process to explore previously unexamined aspects of this central and fundamental relationship. more...

  • Making Men into Fathersby Barbara Hobson

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 33.00

    In Making Men into Fathers, prominent scholars in gender studies and the critical studies of men consider how institutional settings and policy shape the possibilities and constraints for new models of fatherhood. From different historical and societal perspectives, new insights into the studies of men as gendered subjects are provided. more...

  • Were You Raised by Wolves?by Christie Mellor

    HarperCollins 2008; US$ 9.99

    Perhaps, in your parents' eagerness to smooth life's bumpy road, they took such good care of you that you never learned how to be a self-sufficient human being. And now here you are, all grown up. What next? You may think you don't really need to know how to make a proper cup of coffee. You've never given much thought to your listening skills, or how one goes about saving money, or stocking a bar. But knowing these things will really make you a much more well-rounded and all-around more charming and useful person, one who is more apt to be invited over for dinner. In fact, a lot of us might benefit from having a few gentle hints about housekeeping, habits, and behavior lobbed in our general direction. With advice and information ranging... more...

  • On the Frontier of Adulthoodby Richard A. Settersten Jr.; Frank F. Furstenberg Jr.; Rubén G. Rumbaut

    University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 29.00

    On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Pathways into and through adulthood have become much less linear and predictable, and these changes carry tremendous social and cultural significance, especially as institutions and policies aimed at supporting young adults have not kept pace with these changes. This volume considers the nature and consequences of changes in early adulthood by drawing upon a wide variety of historical and contemporary data from... more...

  • Historical Influences on Lives and Agingby K. Warner Schaie; Glen Elder

    Springer Publishing Company 2005; US$ 75.00

    This book focuses on the ways in which the life course of individuals is affected by the historical contexts in which they live. Editors Schaie and Elder, along with over twenty-five contributors, explore how historical events of varying degrees such as immigration, war, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status can affect the immediate and long-term life course. ;chapter more...

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