Posterity Lost - Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family

Gill invites readers to consider a very large proposition--that the weakening of the family in Western societies is inextricably linked to the weakening of our faith in the idea of progress. "Posterity Lost" will be one of the most influential treatments of family change of this decade". says Norval Glenn, "American Journal of Sociology".

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By Richard T. Gill

Summary

Richard Gill invites us to consider a very large proposition-that the weakening of the family in Western societies is inextricably linked to the weakening of our faith in the idea of progress...No one who reads Posterity Lost will fail to learn from it.-David Blankenhorn, author of Fatherless America

Product details

• Authors: Richard T Gill, Richard T. Gill
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.1998
• EAN: 9780847683802
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8380-2
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology: family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Sociology: family and relationships