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Social Science Marriage & Family

Families, Labour and Love

Family Diversity in a Changing World

by (author) Maureen Baker

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2001
Category
Marriage & Family, Gender Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774808491
    Publish Date
    Jan 2001
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774808484
    Publish Date
    Aug 2001
    List Price
    $95.00

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We think of our family life as very personal, but in fact it is shaped by influences well beyond our control. Families, Labour and Love identifies the ways in which family and personal life in three 'settler' societies - Australia, New Zealand and Canada - has been shaped by colonisation, immigration, globalisation, demographic changes, law and policy. Richly illustrated with examples, comparative data and textual sources, Families, Labour and Love provides a broad-ranging analysis of the family which will appeal to students, researchers and policy-makers.

 

About the author

Maureen Baker is Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland.

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