Originally published in 1975 and based on a study of the memories and perceptions of 27 families known to a Family Service Unit, and of their most recent social workers, this book was an important contribution to our knowledge of consumer opinions of the social services at the time.

Originally published in 1989, this cross-national study investigates the role and pattern of family life in fourteen countries in contemporary Europe. Providing a wealth of information on European families, it is a key source for anyone wishing to understand the changes in the family at that time.

Originally published in 1983, this book offers a perspective on the secondary school years from the standpoint at home. The purpose of this book was to urge reconsideration of taken-for-granted assumptions about the appropriate relationship between home and secondary school. It can be read today in its historical context.

In the 1960s the family had been described as ‘by far the most important primary group in society’.  In this study, originally published in 1969, Dr Turner’s aim was to present a conceptual scheme for the analysis of family and kinship in modern Britain at the time.

Originally published in 1993, this title deals with the use of well-researched stress management techniques in working with families and household groups. The treatments outlined encompass members with disabilities from major mental disorders, mental disabilities and physical illness, as well as marital and family conflicts.

Originally published in 1970, this title was intended to describe a wide and complex network of historical, social, psychological and medical issues. It looks at the basic fabric and main patterns of social and psychological issues, then deals with selected groups of population and with ways and means of providing service and care.

First published in 1979, this title provides a series of comprehensive survey chapters which describe traditional family patterns in a selection of Asian countries at different stages of economic development. Each chapter covers an integrated series of topics within a uniform framework in order to facilitate inter-country comparisons.

First published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London. She makes a four-way comparison, between two neighbourhoods of the present, a relatively prosperous outer London suburb and a London East End district carrying its full quota of inner-city problems.

Originally published in 1960, the authors of Family and Kinship in East London then made an intensive study of a middle-class dormitory suburb. Here families were more often on their own than in the East End, but, despite the differences between the districts, there were some similarities.