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Changing Families

Changing Families

Bob Simpson

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1998
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Antropología
ISBN:
9781859739198
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Recent decades have seen spectacular increases in the levels of divorce and separation across the Western world. This important development is having a radical impact on the conduct and nature of family relationships.

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