SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
Showing results 1-6 of 6
Filter Results OPEN +
Conceiving Histories
Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present
ISBN: 9780262049481
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 4, 2025
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of trying to conceive in both the past and the present.
Father Nature
The Science of Paternal Potential
ISBN: 9780262048934
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2024
How and why human males evolved the capacity to be highly involved caregivers—and why some are more involved than others.
Long Days, Short Years
A Cultural History of Modern Parenting
ISBN: 9780262047159
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 9, 2022
How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids.
Similarity in Difference
Marriage in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900
ISBN: 9780262027946
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 5, 2014
A study of marriage in preindustrial Europe and Asia that goes beyond the Malthusian East–West dichotomy to find variation within regions and commonality across regions.
Heredity, Family, and Inequality
Heredity, Family, and Inequality
A Critique of Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780262016926
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 6, 2012
An economist critiques nature versus nurture hypotheses from behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, sociology, and economics.
The Mathematics of Marriage
Dynamic Nonlinear Models
ISBN: 9780262572309
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 14, 2005
Conceiving Histories
Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present
ISBN: 9780262049481
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 4, 2025
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of trying to conceive in both the past and the present.
Father Nature
The Science of Paternal Potential
ISBN: 9780262048934
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2024
How and why human males evolved the capacity to be highly involved caregivers—and why some are more involved than others.
Long Days, Short Years
A Cultural History of Modern Parenting
ISBN: 9780262047159
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 9, 2022
How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids.
Similarity in Difference
Marriage in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900
ISBN: 9780262027946
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 5, 2014
A study of marriage in preindustrial Europe and Asia that goes beyond the Malthusian East–West dichotomy to find variation within regions and commonality across regions.
Heredity, Family, and Inequality
Heredity, Family, and Inequality
A Critique of Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780262016926
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 6, 2012
An economist critiques nature versus nurture hypotheses from behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, sociology, and economics.
The Mathematics of Marriage
Dynamic Nonlinear Models
ISBN: 9780262572309
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 14, 2005