The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies, 4 Volume Set

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection of the key concepts, trends, and processes relating to the study of families and family patterns throughout the world.

• Offers more than 550 entries arranged A-Z
• Includes contributions from hundreds of family scholars in various academic disciplines from around the world
• Covers issues ranging from changing birth rates, fertility, and an aging world population to human trafficking, homelessness, famine, and genocide
• Features entries that approach families, households, and kin networks from a macro-level and micro-level perspective
• Covers basic demographic concepts and long-term trends across various nations, the impact of globalization on families, global family problems, and many more
• Features in-depth examinations of families in numerous nations in several world regions

4 Volumes
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Volume I

Editors vii

Contributors xi

Lexicon lxxxiii

Timeline xci

Introduction xcv

Acknowledgments xcix

Family Studies A

Volume II

Family Studies

Volume III

Family Studies

Volume IV

Family Studies

Index

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