Sociology: birth books

310 books were found.

Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India

Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in...

Author: Amrita Pande
ISBN: 9780231169905
Format: Hardback
$173.95

Surrogacy is India's new form of outsourcing, as couples from all over the world hire Indian women to bear their...  Read More >>

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America...

Author: Ann V. Bell
ISBN: 9780813564791
Format: Paperback
$102.83

Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving...  Read More >>

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America...

Author: Ann V. Bell
ISBN: 9780813564807
Format: Hardback
$240.90

Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving...  Read More >>

Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What the World Can Do about It

Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What...

Author: Linda Eyre ,  Richard Eyre
ISBN: 9781939629265
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Richard and Linda Eyre examine the connections between the world's mounting social problems and the breakdown of...  Read More >>

Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India

Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in...

Author: Amrita Pande
ISBN: 9780231538183
Format: Undefined
$79.17

Surrogacy is India’s new form of outsourcing, as couples from all over the world hire Indian women to bear their...  Read More >>

Abortion, Execution, and the Consequences of Taking Life

Abortion, Execution, and the Consequences of Taking...

Author: James D. Slack
ISBN: 9781412853989
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Author James D. Slack guides the reader through an in-depth examination of policy toward life and death in the United...  Read More >>

Killers in the Family: Inside a Real Family of Criminals Bound by Blood

Killers in the Family: Inside a Real Family of Criminals...

Author: Robert L. Snow
ISBN: 9780425266083
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Follows detective Roy West as he reopens the investigation into the brutal murder of thirteen-year-old Dawn Marie...  Read More >>

Cohabitation and Non-Marital Births in England and Wales, 1600-2012

Cohabitation and Non-Marital Births in England and Wales,...

Author: R. Probert
ISBN: 9781137396259
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Today, cohabiting relationships account for most births outside marriage. But what was the situation in earlier...  Read More >>

Population Ageing in India

Population Ageing in India

Author: G. Giridhar ,  K. M. Sathyanarayana
ISBN: 9781107073326
Format: Hardback
$186.30

India's elderly population is poised to increase stupendously in the next few decades. This book touches on key...  Read More >>

Explaining Fertility Differences in Sub-Saharan Africa: Projecting the Demographic Future

Explaining Fertility Differences in Sub-Saharan Africa:...

Author: Akim Jasper Mturi ,  Samuel Agyei-Mensah
ISBN: 9780773442702
Format: Hardback
$349.18

A collection of research on African demography that is relevant to a broad spectrum of readers including scholars,...  Read More >>

Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America

Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural...

Author: Kristin E. Smith (University of New Hampshire) ,  Ann R. Tickamyer (Penn State University)
ISBN: 9780271048628
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A compilation of policy-relevant research by a multidisciplinary group of scholars on the state of families in rural...  Read More >>

Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception...

Author: Petra Nordqvist ,  C. Smart
ISBN: 9781137297662
Format: Paperback
$66.95

With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important...  Read More >>

Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception...

Author: Petra Nordqvist ,  C. Smart
ISBN: 9781137297631
Format: Hardback
$171.95

With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important...  Read More >>

"Before You Say ""I Do""": Important Questions to Ask Before Marriage, Revised and Updated

"Before You Say ""I Do""": Important Questions to Ask...

Author: Todd Outcalt
ISBN: 9780399167126
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Originally published: New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 1998.  Read More >>

Looseleaf for Marriages and Families: Intimacy Diversity & Strengths

Looseleaf for Marriages and Families: Intimacy Diversity...

Author: John Defrain (Univ of Nebraska Clay Ctr) ,  Linda Skogrand
ISBN: 9781259249594
Format: Loose-leaf
$492.81

Since the first edition in 1994, Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths has helped thousands...  Read More >>

Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths...

Author: Linda Skogrand (Univ of Nebraska) ,  John Defrain
ISBN: 9780078026928
Format: Hardback
$413.58

Since the first edition in 1994, Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths has helped thousands...  Read More >>

U.S. Family Planning & Population Assistance Abroad: Policies & Restrictions

U.S. Family Planning & Population Assistance Abroad:...

Author: Elva A Rivera ,  Deloris R Murphy
ISBN: 9781626185326
Format: Paperback
$143.88

This book examines the current policies and restrictions relating to U.S. family planning and population assistance...  Read More >>

Pregnancy in Practice: Expectation and Experience in the Contemporary US

Pregnancy in Practice: Expectation and Experience in...

Author: Sallie Han
ISBN: 9780857459879
Format: Hardback
$99.99

This book brings into focus a topic that has been overlooked in the scholarship on reproduction and will be of interest...  Read More >>

The Social Worlds of the Unborn

The Social Worlds of the Unborn

Author: D. Lupton
ISBN: 9781137310712
Format: Hardback
$129.35

Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range...  Read More >>

The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir

The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir

Author: Wenguang Huang
ISBN: 9781594486555
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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