Welcome to our Marriage & The Family publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

  • Reflect our high scholarly standards
  • Speak effectively to today's college students
  • Represent the most current pedagogical trends

Browse our titles for Marriage & The Family courses by selecting from the topic links below.

Family Theory

Exploring Family Theories

Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780199860012ISBN10: 0199860017 Paperback , 400 pages
Feb 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$54.95 (04)
Makes family theory accessible and memorable for students by tying each theory to real-world research and applications

Marriage & Family

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Just Marriage

ISBN13: 9780195176261ISBN10: 019517626X Paperback , 128 pages
Aug 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$30.00 (04)
Debates the public importance of private unions.

Sociology of Childhood

Children and Society

The Sociology of Children and Childhood Socialization
ISBN13: 9780195330786ISBN10: 0195330781 Paperback , 372 pages
Feb 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$59.95 (04)
A comprehensive sociological portrayal of children and childhood from birth to the beginning of adolescence.

Sociology of the Family

All Our Families

New Policies for a New Century
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195148817ISBN10: 0195148819 Paperback , 320 pages
Oct 2002,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$47.95 (04)

Handbook of Family Diversity

ISBN13: 9780195120394ISBN10: 0195120396 Paperback , 480 pages
Nov 1999,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$69.95 (04)

The Family in Social Context

Seventh Edition
ISBN13: 9780195049749ISBN10: 0195049748 Hardcover , 624 pages
Apr 1989,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$99.95 (04)

Couples, Kids, and Family Life

ISBN13: 9780195177909ISBN10: 0195177908 Paperback , 224 pages
Oct 2005,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$37.95 (04)
Offers a distinctive view of what the social worlds of family life might look like from the standpoint of "insiders"--family members.

Families in Context

An Introduction
ISBN13: 9780195330250ISBN10: 0195330250 Paperback , 414 pages
Dec 2004,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$77.95 (04)
This comprehensive but concise text introduces foundational ideas and concepts about families and applies them to issues and events relevant to today's college student population.

Families Across Time: A Life Course Perspective

Readings
ISBN13: 9780195329896ISBN10: 0195329899 Paperback , 242 pages
Mar 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$69.95 (04)
Using a consistent theoretical orientation, this volume of seventeen original essays explores the "life course" approach to family life--including parent-child, spousal, and sibling relationships.

Points & Counterpoints: Controversial Relationship and Family Issues in the 21st Century

An Anthology
ISBN13: 9780195330144ISBN10: 0195330145 Paperback , 272 pages
Mar 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$47.95 (04)
Includes a wide range of both academic and popular essays examining numerous subjects not addressed in most marriage and family texts--such as interracial dating and marriage, age at the time of marriage, men and women as friends, licensing parents, the Internet as an aid in developing relationships, and New Social Darwinism.

Exploring Family Theories

Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780199860012ISBN10: 0199860017 Paperback , 400 pages
Feb 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$54.95 (04)
Makes family theory accessible and memorable for students by tying each theory to real-world research and applications