Themes of the Times for Marriage and Family (Valuepack item only)
Allyn & Bacon

ISBN-10: 0205444431
ISBN-13: 9780205444434

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper; 80 pp
Published: 07/28/2004


This collection of articles from the New York Times, all related to the study of marriage, family, and intimate relationships, can be packaged for free upon request with any Allyn & Bacon sociology text.

  • Provides an easy and economical way to add outside readings to your Marriage and Family, or Family Sociology course.
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 1. Jersey; One Town Pencils In a Night for Family, by Debra Galant.


 2. Made in Heaven? Programs Try Down-to-Earth Aid for Marriages, by Tamar Lewin.


 3. For First Time, Nuclear Families Drop Below 25% of Households, by Eric Schmitt.


 4. In Covenant Marriage, Forging Ties That Bind, by Diana Jean Schemo.


 5. Arranged Marriage Gives Way to Courtship by Mail, by Erica Goode.


 6. Pack Dating: For a Good Time, Call a Crowd, by Trip Gabriel.


 7. A Conversation with Eleanor Baum; Bringing Feminine Mystique to Engineering, by Claudia Dreifus.


 8. A Conversation with Anne Fausto-Sterling; Exploring What Makes Us Male or Female, by Claudia Dreifus.


 9. Older People Enjoy Sex, Survey Says, by Warren E. Leary.


10. Teaching Teenagers a Subject Many Know All Too Well, by Susan Gilbert.


11. On Sex, U.S. and France Speak Same Language, by Erica Goode.


12. Condemning Our Kids to Life on Mars or Venus, by Natalie Angier.


13. Conviction of a Polygamist Raises Fears Among Others, by Michael Janofsky.


14. Study Finds Families Bypassing Marriage, by Eric Nagourney.


15. Ideas & Trends: Legal License; Race, Sex and Forbidden Unions, by David E. Rosenbaum.


16. Marriage: Mix and Match, by Nicholas D. Kristof.


17. Wedded to Parenthood but Single, by Debra West.


18. A Rainbow of Differences in Gays' Children, by Erica Goode.


19. That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online, by John Schwartz.


20. The Baby Bias, by Hal Cohen.


21. Use of Midwives, a Childbirth Phenomenon, Fades in City, by Richard Pérez-Peña.


22. Life After Home Schooling, by Pam Belluck.


23. Managing Planet Earth; Bracing for Economic Changes, When the Population Grows No More, by Daniel Altman.


24. Rising Stress of Raising a Grandchild, by Susan Gilbert.


25. More Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, by Barbara Gerbasi.


26. Life at Age 100 Is Surprisingly Healthy, by Philip J. Hilts.


27. Divorce Décor: Three's a Crowd, by Jill Brooke.


28. 2 Portraits of Children of Divorce: Rosy and Dark, by Mary Duenwald.


29. Genetic Ties May Be Factor In Violence in Stepfamilies, by Jane E. Brody.


30. Early Sex Abuse Hinders Many Women on Welfare, by Jason DeParle.


31. Two Years Later: Families; Love, Terror and the Chance of Love Again, by Glenn Collins.


32. Love, Anger and Guilt: Coping With a Child's Chronic Illness, by Randi Hutter Epstein.


33. Personal Health; Planning to Escape From an Abusive Relationship, by Jane E. Brody.


34. The Nation; Two Fronts: Promoting Marriage, Fighting Poverty, by Tom Zeller.

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