Diversity in Families

by Maxine Baca Zinn, D. Stanley Eitzen, Barbara Wells

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576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of good material that was well-written. Textbook needs to be updated as there is a lot of discussion about gay marriage not being legal and how that affects our current society when gay marriage has been legal since 2015.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific textbook on the sociology of families, covering different topics, like marriage, society, different types of family, and particularly interesting comments on the future of family. I thoroughly enjoyed this one!