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Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

By: Arland Thornton,Hui-Sheng Lin

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Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

By: Arland Thornton,Hui-Sheng Lin

Until the 1940s, social life in Taiwan was generally organized through the family—marriages were arranged by parents, for example, and senior males held authority. In the following years, as Taiwan evolved rapidly from an agrarian to an industrialized society, individual decisions became less dependent on the family and more influenced by outside forces. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan provides an in-depth analysis of the complex changes in family relations in a society undergoing revolutionary social and economic transformation. This interdisciplinary study explores the patterns and causes of change in education, work, income, leisure time, marriage, living arrangements, and interactions among extended kin. Theoretical chapters enunciate a theory of family and social change centered on the life course and modes of social organization. Other chapters look at the shift from arranged marriages toward love matches, as well as changes in dating practices, premarital sex, fertility, and divorce. Contributions to the book are made by Jui-Shan Chang, Ming-Cheng Chang, Deborah S. Freedman, Ronald Freedman, Thomas E. Fricke, Albert Hermalin, Mei-Lin Lee, Paul K. C. Liu, Hui-Sheng Lin, Te-Hsiung Sun, Arland Thornton, Maxine Weinstein, and Li-Shou Yang.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226798585

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The Well-being of Children and Families

Research and Data Needs

By: Arland Thornton

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The Well-being of Children and Families

Research and Data Needs

By: Arland Thornton

An interdisciplinary examination of how well American families and children are faring at the start of the third millennium

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University of Michigan Press

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0472067583

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9780472067589

Marriage and Cohabitation

By: Arland Thornton,William G. Axinn,Yu Xie

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Marriage and Cohabitation

By: Arland Thornton,William G. Axinn,Yu Xie

In an era when half of marriages end in divorce, cohabitation has become more commonplace and those who do get married are doing so at an older age. So why do people marry when they do? And why do some couples choose to cohabit? A team of expert family sociologists examines these timely questions in Marriage and Cohabitation, the result of their research over the last decade on the issue of union formation. Situating their argument in the context of the Western world’s 500-year history of marriage, the authors reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where the end of adolescence is no longer signaled by entry into the marital home. While some people still choose to marry young, others elect to cohabit with varying degrees of commitment or intentions of eventual marriage. The authors’ controversial findings suggest that family history, religious affiliation, values, projected education, lifetime earnings, and career aspirations all tip the scales in favor of either cohabitation or marriage. This book lends new insight into young adult relationship patterns and will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and demographers alike.

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0226798682

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Reading History Sideways

The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life

By: Arland Thornton

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The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life

By: Arland Thornton

European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced. Implicit in this developmental paradigm—one that has affected generations of thought on societal development—was the assumption that one could "read history sideways." That is, one could see what the earlier stages of a modern Western society looked like by examining contemporaneous so-called primitive societies in other parts of the world. In Reading History Sideways, leading family scholar Arland Thornton demonstrates how this approach, though long since discredited, has permeated Western ideas and values about the family. Further, its domination of social science for centuries caused the misinterpretation of Western trends in family structure, marriage, fertility, and parent-child relations. Revisiting the "developmental fallacy," Thornton here traces its central role in changes in the Western world, from marriage to gender roles to adolescent sexuality. Through public policies, aid programs, and colonialism, it continues to reshape families in non-Western societies as well.

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022612679X

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Paul's Letter to the Romans

A Commentary

By: Arland J. Hultgren

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Paul's Letter to the Romans

A Commentary

By: Arland J. Hultgren

Building on his own translation from the Greek, Hultgren walks readers through Romans verse by verse, illuminating the text with helpful comments, probing into major puzzles, and highlighting the letter's most inspiring features. He also demonstrates the forward-looking, missional character of Paul's epistle -- written, as Hultgren suggests, to introduce Roman Christians to the major themes of Paul's theology and to inspire in them both confidence in the soundness of his teaching and support for his planned missionary efforts in Spain.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802826091

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Reading History Sideways

The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life

By: Arland Thornton

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The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life

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The Well-being of Children and Families

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By: Arland Thornton

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An interdisciplinary examination of how well American families and children are faring at the start of the third millennium

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Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

By: Arland Thornton,Hui-Sheng Lin

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Marriage and Cohabitation

By: Arland Thornton,William G. Axinn,Yu Xie

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Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

The Well-being of Children and Families

The Well-being of Children and Families

Marriage and Cohabitation

Marriage and Cohabitation

Reading History Sideways

Reading History Sideways

Paul's Letter to the Romans

Paul's Letter to the Romans

Reading History Sideways

Reading History Sideways

The Well-being of Children and Families

The Well-being of Children and Families

Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

Marriage and Cohabitation

Marriage and Cohabitation

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