1st Edition

Social Theory and the Family (RLE Social Theory)

By D.H.J. Morgan Copyright 1975
296 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

An experienced teacher of courses on the sociology of the family, D.H.J. Morgan frequently encounters a gulf between ‘the family’ as it is often treated in sociological texts and ‘the family’ as it is usually experienced. In this book he provides an extremely valuable bridge between the two by presenting an encounter between some of the mainstream theoretical approaches and concerns in the... Read more

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Biography

D.H.J. Morgan