This book is about the theory and practice of assistance to speech-communities whose
native languages are threatened because their intergenerational continuity is proceeding�…

Central as kinship has been to the development of British social anthropology, this is the first
attempt by an anthropologist to situate ideas about English kinship in a cultural context�…

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, David Cheal�…

First published in 1990, this title presents a rich account of how television intersects with
family life in American and other world cultures. From an analysis of the political and cultural�…

In the past twenty years there has been a growing interest in the issues surrounding men
and masculinity. Driven primarily by the second-wave feminist critique of the legitimacy or�…

Since the publication of the first edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment,
several generations of students have successfully used this classic text, which takes a social�…

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�…

Provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, research and debates relating to children
and the experience of childhood in late twentieth century Britain. This volume will address�…

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The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a revolution in contraceptive behaviour as
the large Victorian family disappeared. This book offers a new perspective on the gender�…