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080 _aLRC 14.02.04 C724
100 _aColtrane, Scott
245 _aFamily man : fatherhood, housework, and gender equity
260 _bOxford University P.
_aNew YorkUS
_c1996
300 _ax, 293 p.
520 _aTraces the sociological evolution of the American family between the 18th, and the mid-20th century, focusing on the division of labour in the home. Develops generalizations about the changing nature of American homes from the 1980s, by analysing responses to questionnaires and interviews with both parents in two-income/shared parenting households. Summarizes recent social and economic trends such as: changing attitudes, demographic trends, marriage trends, birth timimg, working mothers, and gendered job markets; and makes predictions about the future of fatherhood in America.
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