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The Gift Economy
Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, …
The Life of a Song
Discover the stories behind the songsTHE LIFE OF A SONG contains the stories of 100 songs exploring each song's biography and how they took on a new life following their release. …
Families in Today's World
An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major …
Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context
The Canadian population is aging. As the "e;Baby-Boomer"e; generation reaches retirement age, policy-makers have begun to fear the economic and demographic challenges …
Gift Economy
Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, …
Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context
The Canadian population is aging. As the "Baby-Boomer" generation reaches retirement age, policy-makers have begun to fear the economic and demographic challenges ahead. Aging and …
New Poverty
The new poverty is about the economic fall of individuals and countries who used to be affluent and who once dreamed that their affluence would go on forever. It is about the …
Families in Today's World
An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major …
Dimensions of Sociological Theory
There are many differences of opinion between sociologists about how best to investigate social issues and about the quality of the answers that different questions produce. This …
New Poverty
Cheal argues that the sociology of poverty has entered a new postmodern phase. The new poverty is about loss of faith-in relationships that were once believed to last a lifetime, …
Family and the State of Theory
Family studies play an increasintyy important role in contemporary sociology. David Cheal provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of modern socological theories about …
Sociology of Family Life
This lucid and accessible introductory text from a highly regarded author provides students who are encountering the sociology of the family for the first time with a systematic …