The American Family (Reference Shelf, 75, 2)

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Summary: A seminal, timely, and invaluable contribution
Review: The American Family is part of the H.W. Wilson Company's "The Reference Shelf 2003" series for academic and community library collections. This 182 page reference is comprised of twenty-five scholarly articles plus abstracts of additional articles and a bibliography of sources. The focus is upon the diversity of contemporary American family lifestyles including homes led by divorced or single parents, stepfamilies, interfaith and interracial marriages, gay partnerships, childless couples, the traditional nuclear family, an other domestic structures. Also covered are such family relevant issues as reproductive technologies and the emerging controversy of reproduction by cloning. The American Family is a seminal, timely, and invaluable contribution to academic, govern-mental, and professional demographic reference resources.