A critique of twenty family and marriage and the family textbooks

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Glenn, Norval D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family change; Family life education; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031173058     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585115     Document Type: Article

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