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This four-volume reference for high school level students and above covers current issues relative to marriage and the family. Updated to include international coverage, the entries (in general, about two-to- six pages in length) provide a cross-cultural approach to topics such as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, codependency, and commuter marriages. Also included are articles that cover specific countries and religious traditions, exploring the history of family life within these cultures as well as how families have been affected by social and political change. Illustrated with some b&w photographs.
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a I N T E R N AT I O N A L E N C Y C L O P E D I A O F Marriage and Family E D ITO R I N C H I E F James J. Ponzetti, Jr. University of British Columbia A S S O C IATE E D ITO R S Raeann R. Hamon Messiah College Yvonne Kellar-Guenther University of Colorado Patricia K. Kerig University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill T. Laine Scales Baylor University James M. White University of British Columbia a I N T E R N AT I O N A L E N C Y C L O P E D I A O F Marriage and Family SECOND EDITION Volume 4: Sh-Za, Index James J. Ponzetti, Jr Editor in Chief International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family James J. Ponzetti, Jr. © 2003 by Macmillan Reference USA. Macmillan Reference USA is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Macmillan Reference USA™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used herein under license. For more information, contact Macmillan Reference USA 300 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor New York, NY 10010 Or you can visit our Internet site at http://www.gale.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in an