Family and Civilization - Couverture souple

Zimmerman, Carle C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1933859377 ISBN 13 : 9781933859378

Editeur : ISI Books, 2008

Synopsis

In Family and Civilization, the distinguished Harvard sociologist Carle Zimmerman demonstrates the close and causal connections between the rise and fall of different types of families and the rise and fall of civilizations, particularly ancient Greece and Rome, medieval and modern Europe, and the United States. Zimmerman traces the evolution of family structure from tribes and clans to extended and large nuclear families to the smaller, often broken families of today. And he shows the consequences of each structure for bearing and rearing of children, for religion, law, and everyday life, and for the fate of civilization itself.

Originally published in 1947, this compelling analysis predicted many of today's controversies and trends concerning youth violence and depression, abortion, and homosexuality, the demographic collapse of the West, and the displacement of peoples. This new edition has been edited and abridged by James Kurth of Swarthmore College. It includes essays on the text by Kurth and Bryce Christensen and an introduction by Allan C. Carlson.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carle C. Zimmerman was an eminent professor of sociology at Harvard University and the founder of the subdiscipline of rural sociology. Among his many other books are The Changing Community and Marriage and the Family: A Text for Moderns.

James Kurth is the Claude C. Smith Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Swarthmore College and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Center for the Study of America and the West. He has written for the National Interest, Foreign Policy, Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, and other periodicals.

Allan C. Carlson is the John A. Howard Distinguished Fellow for Family and Religious Studies at the International Organization for the Family and editor of The Natural Family: An International Journal of Research and Policy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ISI Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1933859377
• ISBN 13: 9781933859378
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 425
• Éditeur: Kurth James
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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