Social Science Marriage & Family
Families, Labour and Love
Family Diversity in a Changing World
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2001
- Category
- Marriage & Family, Gender Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774808491
- Publish Date
- Jan 2001
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774808484
- Publish Date
- Aug 2001
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
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.