Family Systems: Comparative Study of the Family

by Ruth C. Busch

This comparative family text is workable and wide-ranging. While assembling historic family studies used by sociologists and anthropologists, it integrates theory from both fields and introduces current contraversies. Theories are field tested with ethnographic material from around the world. Concepts are carefully introduced with examples from the United States, and brought home to the American scene in final summary. An informal style keeps even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820410888
• ISBN13: 9780820410883
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 347 Pages