The Family in the Modern Age: More Than a Lifestyle Choice

by Brigitte Berger

Book Overview

Many argue that the modern family is an anachronistic institution whose demise is only a question of time. Looking to the family's future, the eminent sociologist Brigitte Berger argues that despite being weakened and embattled, the family will survive as a fundamental social institution. The family has been the cradle of the modern social order for some three hundred years, and will remain the basis for any society concerned with happiness, liberty,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765801213
• ISBN13: 9780765801210
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"