Free Download Janice Munemitsu, "The Kindness of Color: The Story of Two Families and Mendez, et al. v. Westminster, the 1947 Desegregation of California"
English | ISBN: 0578946874 | 2021 | 214 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
The true story of two immigrant families, their struggle against racism, and the kindnesses that helped them toward a brighter future.

Free Download Men, Families, and Poverty: Tracing the Intergenerational Trajectories of Place-Based Hardship
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031249216 | 398 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
This book develops a new sociology of the intergenerational and longitudinal dynamics of men's family participation in relation to their trajectories through poverty. By addressing the ostensible absence of men from low-income families in existing literature and policy, the authors interrogate the interconnectedness of poverty, family, and place while paying explicit attention to the trajectories of men through and across low-income families and localities. Through qualitative secondary analysis of four linked datasets from research within low-income families over a twenty-year period, Hughes and Tarrant argue that there is much to be gained from examining both men's accounts of family and poverty across the lifecourse and the accounts of men experiencing family poverty. In so doing, they develop a new theoretical family lifecourse framework that accounts for the dynamic and place-based character of poverty and its implication for families. Thus, the book foregrounds the development of a more comprehensive sociology of family poverty.

Free Download Rulers and Ruling Families in Early Medieval Europe: Alfred, Charles the Bald and Others By Janet L. Nelson
2020 | 346 Pages | ISBN: 0367197715 | PDF | 10 MB
First published in 1999, the ideas and practices involved in early medieval royal family politics are the central theme of this collection of papers by Janet L. Nelson. She first examines King Alfred of Wessex (871-99) in the context of Anglo-Saxon conditions and in comparison with his Carolingian contemporaries. When tension and conflict within the royal family are highlighted, she argues that Alfred's talents and political thought emerge the more impressively. A second group of papers deals with the reign of Charles the Bald (840-77): his patronage of learning and his interest in Spanish martyrs are set in political context, while contemporary historiography is considered as a form of counsel and critique. The third section reflects Nelson's growing interest in the political importance and gendered roles of royal women. Consecration rites are analysed as ritual expressions and factors in the shaping of the queenship, while two final papers also examine the making and unmaking of Frankish kings and princes.

Free Download Sheila Quaid, "Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities "
English | ISBN: 0367483408 | 2021 | 186 pages | EPUB | 301 KB
This book is a vital new resource in the sociological study of family life in the 21st century. The chapters in this volume explore a diverse range of family and intimate life experiences, such as personal choices about reproduction and how life choices and family forms are mediated by factors including geographical location, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, income and government policy.

Free Download Emir Estrada, "Kids at Work: Latinx Families Selling Food on the Streets of Los Angeles "
English | ISBN: 1479873705 | 2019 | 224 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association

Free Download Catherine Ceniza Choy, "Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1479892173, 0814717225 | PDF | pages: 244 | 3.2 mb
In the last fifty years, transnational adoption-specifically, the adoption of Asian children-has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that allowed Asian international adoption to flourish. In Global Families, Catherine Ceniza Choy unearths the little-known historical origins of Asian international adoption in the United States. Beginning with the post-World War II presence of the U.S. military in Asia, she reveals how mixed-race children born of Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese women and U.S. servicemen comprised one of the earliest groups of adoptive children.

Free Download Erica Frydenberg, "Families Coping: Effective strategies for you and your child"
English | ISBN: 1742862535 | 2015 | pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Happy families are the ones where parents can recognize both their own and their children's needs, and where the children are resilient and are able to negotiate relationships with those around them. This book builds upon these skills by bringing together two frameworks - positive parenting skills and the transactional model of stress and coping - to create a program of positive psychology aimed at parents, children, and counseling professionals. It provides a toolkit for parents that can be used in a self-help mode or as an instructor-led program. The book brings together tried and true principles of good parent-child relationships, which will benefit the family through childhood years and beyond. Families Coping includes exercises for both parents and children, tools and techniques for building resilience, information on additional coping services, resources, and more. [Subject: Family Studies, Parenting, Children's Studies, Psychology]

Free Download Terry S Trepper, "Developing Healthy Stepfamilies: Twenty Families Tell Their Stories"
English | 2013 | pages: 123 | ISBN: 1560248882, 1560238666 | PDF | 2,2 mb
View the inner workings of healthy stepfamilies through the stories of twenty families as they discuss how their households operate. This enlightening book takes a deeper look at what adults and children in stepfamilies say about such issues as discipline, money, family roles and relationships with ex-spouses, and the development of new traditions and rituals. Incorporating actual words of family members, Developing Healthy Stepfamilies shows many ways in which stepfamilies function well through adapting new and different "rules" to fit their circumstances. The book concentrates on positive rather than negative aspects of stepfamily life to help dim the image of stepfamilies as problematic and also to instill hope in would-be stepfamilies by normalizing their differences from biologically based families. Written with the intention of disseminating information and increasing understanding about stepfamily functioning, this book is useful for stepfamilies, their friends and relatives, and professionals such as teachers, clergy, physicians, and counselors. Developing Healthy Stepfamilies draws a colorful picture of the creativity and flexibility such families have brought to their lives and relationships. Emphasizing what works in stepfamilies instead of what does not, the book illustrates the process of integrating a stepfamily, the value of humor and patience, and the richness that can unfold for all members of the family. The author, a family therapist and educator, has drawn together information direct from stepfamily members themselves, providing readers with first-hand knowledge of the daily workings of this fast growing family form. A showcase of stepfamilies that are functioning well, Developing Healthy Stepfamilies helps show would-be stepfamilies that "it can be done." This is not a book of instructions; it illuminates the many ways in which stepfamilies can and do function. Some of the topics covered in the book include:

Free Download Richard M. Lerner, Domini R. Castellino, "Adolescents and Their Families : Structure, Function, and Parent-Youth Relations"
English | 2013 | pages: 393 | ISBN: 0815332939 | PDF | 10,3 mb
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook: Second Edition By Timothy Utteridge (editor), Gemma Bramley (editor)
2016 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 184246602X | PDF | 77 MB
The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbookis an authoritative guide to the commonly encountered and ecologically important plants of the tropics. Written by experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this handbook is based on Kew's popular Tropical Plant Identification course, which uses classical morphology, as well as more simple "spot" characteristics, to teach plant identification. This fully updated second edition adds seventeen new family and subfamily descriptionsand includes updated research throughout. Each of the one hundredfamilies is described in detail and richly illustrated with photographs that show important identification characteristics. The book's emphasis on images and the foundations of identification means that both specialists and nonspecialists alike will be able to use this guide.The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook is a portable, easy-to-use resource, perfect for tropical botanists as well as students and conservation professionals.