The Family in Rural Society

ISBN-13: 9780367307530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 238 str.

Raymond T. Coward; William M. Smith; Peter L. Heller

Opis

This volume of original papers provides a clear picture of present-day rural society, with special emphasis on the changing role and structure of the family. It discusses the family aspects of the new wave of inmigrants to small towns and rural communities.

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction -- Current Trends in the Family in Rural Society -- A Quarter Century of Trends and Changes in the Demographic Structure of American Families -- Farm Families and Family Farming -- Family Aspects of the New Wave of Inmigrants to Rural Communities -- Patterns and Forms of Rural Families -- Kinship Systems and Extended Family Ties -- Rural Familism: Interregional Analysis1 -- Families in Cultural Islands -- Family Dynamics -- Interpersonal Processes in Rural Families1 -- Interaction in Farm Families: Tension and Stress1 -- The Changing Roles and Status of Rural Women -- Middle Age in Rural America: Adapting to Change1 -- Family Networks of the Rural Aged1 -- Prospects and Perspectives on Rural Families -- The Family in Rural Society: Images of the Future

O autorze

Raymond T. Cowardan, Williaain