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Between sex and power : family in the world, 1900-2000 / Goran Therborn.

By:

Therborn, Göran

Material type: Text

TextOriginal language: English Publication details: London ;;New York : Routledge, 2004Description: xii, 379 p. : ill. 24 cmISBN:

0415300770 (hardcover : alk. paper);0415300789 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Families;Families;Patriarchy;Marriage;Sex;Fertility, Human -- History;History;History;Social aspects.;Social aspects

DDC classification:

306.85/09/04 THB 2004

Summary: The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the Twentieth Century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology, and a comparative political analysis of the family as an institution, focusing on three dimensions of family relations: on the rights and powers of fathers and husbands; on marriage, cohabitation and extramarital sexuality; and on fertility and birth

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library Section SB- R304	306.85/09/04 THB 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P28833

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-364) and index.

The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the Twentieth Century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology, and a comparative political analysis of the family as an institution, focusing on three dimensions of family relations: on the rights and powers of fathers and husbands; on marriage, cohabitation and extramarital sexuality; and on fertility and birth

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