This reader examines the family through two lenses - the familiar private family, in which we live our personal lives, and the public family, in which we deal with broader societal issues, such as raising the next generation, and the care of the elderly. Consequently, these readings look both at intimate, personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. The reader corresponds exactly to and is published concurrent with Cherlin's textbook "Public and Private Families: An Introduction"; and both the textbook and the reader have 15 same-named chapters.
- ISBN10 0077107489
- ISBN13 9780077107482
- Publish Date 1 July 2003 (first published 1 October 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
- Format Paperback
- Language English