Families in global and multicultural perspective / edited by Bron B. Ingoldsby, Suzanna D. Smith - 2nd ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2006 - xi, 457 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Families in multicultural perspective. 1995

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foundations of comparative family studies -- Family structure -- Family development -- International family variation -- Social inequality in the contemporary world

0761928197 (cloth) 9780761928195 RM290.55


Families--Cross-cultural studies
Kinship--Cross-cultural studies
Marriage customs and rites--Cross-cultural studies
Sex role--Cross-cultural studies
Home economics--Cross-cultural studies
Multiculturalism