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Cinderella Ate My Daughter (11 Edition) by Peggy Orenstein Publisher Comments The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent. Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women by Elisabeth Badinter Publisher Comments In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Time Bind, The Conflict, a #1 European bestseller, identifies a surprising setback to women's freedom: progressive modern motherhood Elisabeth Badinter has for decades been in the vanguard of the European... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Unhitched (11 Edition) by Judith Stacey Publisher Comments In this collection of trenchant essays and interviews, István Mészáros, the worlds preeminent Marxist philosopher and winner of the 2008 Libertador Award for Critical Thought (the Bolivar Prize), lays bare the... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Touchpoints : Birth To Three (2ND 06 Edition) by T. Berry Brazelton Publisher Comments All over the U.S. and in over twenty countries around the world, Touchpoints has become required reading for anxious parents of babies and small children. T. Berry Brazelton's great empathy for the universal concerns of parenthood, and honesty about the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Just Marriage (New Democracy Forum/Boston Review) by Mary Lyndon Shanley Publisher Comments Who should be allowed to marry? Is marriage a private or public act? Shanley brings together 14 prominent writers and thinkers to debate these and other questions surrounding this "sacred institution."... (read more) Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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On Playing a Poor Hand Well: Insights from the Lives of Those Who Have Overcome Childhood Risks and Adversities by Mark Katz Publisher Comments Drawing upon research examining life's trajectories, Mark Katz identifies sources of protection, strength, and understanding - the cards that enable some children to "beat the odds." He encourages therapists, educators, and other child caretakers to... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Touchpoints Three to Six: Your Child's Emotional and Behavorial Development by T Berry Brazelton Publisher Comments For decades, new parents have relied on Dr. Brazelton's wisdom. But all "Brazelton babies" grow up. Now at last, the internationally famous pediatrician, in collaboration with an eminent child psychiatrist, has brought his unique insights to the "magic... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times by Arlie Russell Hochschild Publisher Comments From the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world The family has long been a haven in a heartless world, the one place immune to market forces... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Public Vows : a History of Marriage and the Nation (00 Edition) by Nancy F. Cott Publisher Comments We commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this pioneering history, Nancy F. Cott demonstrates that marriage is and always has been a public institution. From the founding of... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market times by Arlie Russell Hochschild Publisher Comments From the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world The family has long been a haven in a heartless world, the one place immune to market forces... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Public and Private Families: a Reader (6TH 10 Edition) by Andrew J. Cherlin Publisher Comments This reader examines the family through two lenses--the familiar private family, in which we live our personal lives, and the public family, in which we deal with broader societal issues, such as raising the next generation, and the care of the elderly... (read more) List Price $102.95 Your price: $73.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein Publisher Comments The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent. Pink and pretty or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Working With Families: an Integrative Model By Level of Need (5TH 09 Edition) by Allie C. Kilpatrick Publisher Comments This text focuses on all levels of need within a family, and provides clear guidelines for effective family interventions. The authors emphaize family strengths, coping capacities, and the many commonalities shared by all.All levels of need are... (read more) List Price $92.00 Your price: $69.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family by Liza Mundy Publisher Comments A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In The Richer Sex, Liza Mundy takes us to the exciting frontier of this new economic order: she shows us why this flip is inevitable, what... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion) by Martin Gilens Publisher Comments Tackling one of the most volatile issues in contemporary politics, Martin Gilens's work punctures myths and misconceptions about welfare policy, public opinion, and the role of the media in both. Why Americans Hate Welfare shows that the public's views... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets (Case Studies on Contemporary Social Issues) by Marni Finkelstein Publisher Comments This book gives voice to the homeless youth and is rich with material on their everyday lives, including living conditions and street experiences. The case study's strength lies in its ethnographic methodology, which combines direct observations and... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Domestic Violence at the Margins: Readings on Race, Class, Gender, and Culture by Natalie J Sokoloff Synopsis "This is a thoughtful and scholarly addition to the unfortunately scarce literature on domestic violence and oppression in all its forms."—Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Anna D. Wolf Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing "An... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose Publisher Comments In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses as examples the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Marriage in the Early Republic: Elizabeth and William Wirt and the Companionate Ideal by Anya Jabour Publisher Comments Jabour's book has the advantage of giving us a microhistorical look at a single, well-documented marrriage, allowing her to trace the evolving tensions between ideals and realities over the course of their entire marriage and parenting experience.... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Trade Paper
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Family Crucible : the Intense Experience of Family Therapy (78 Edition) by Augustus Y. Napier Publisher Comments This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families-stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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