The Family: An Introduction

Originally published in 1969, this introduction to the social study of the family was designed both for students of sociology and for students of related subjects requiring familiarity with a similar approach. It is therefore written in language as simple as possible; technical terms are only introduced when indispensable and are always defined.

While the book is focused on European and American family systems, the author believed these are intelligible only when placed in a wider context, a...