--- Andi Stepnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> What's your opinion on the best Fam Soc reader? I've been looking at
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> Cherlin, but am not sure it meets my needs.
> I spend about half the class talking about historical variations in
> in
> family as a response to societal change (e.g., industrialization) as
> well as different family forms (e.g., by class, race, sexual
> orientation) The other half of the course ooks at family problems
> (e.g., divorce, abuse, elder/child care issues, poverty). Ideally,
> some
> cross cultural readings are good. I'd like something that's a little
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> "meaty" as opposed to "fluffy." (Judy Aulette's book looks good, but
> I
> don't see a reader for it.)
The Skolnick-Skolnick reader "Family in Transition" is pretty good.
Evan
>
> Recommendations? Offline is ok.
>
> Thanks.
> Andi
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> Gardetto, Darlaine wrote:
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> >An article from Inside Higher Ed that list members might find
> interesting:
> >
> >
> >http://insidehighered.com/news/2005/09/13/faculty
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> >
> >
> >____________________
> >Darlaine C. Gardetto, Ph.D.
> >Associate Professor of Sociology/General Education Coordinator
> >11333 Big Bend Blvd.
> >St. Louis, MO 63122
> >(314) 991-1491
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Andi
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> Every object, every being,
>
> Is a jar of delight.
>
> Be a connoisseur.
>
> ~Rumi~
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>
> Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence
> into
>
> something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands.
>
> ~Cathy Better~
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> Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which
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> matter
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> least.
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> ~Johann von Goethe~
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