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Widows and their families / Peter Marris.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.Publisher: London : Routledge, 2004Description: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781136531859
  • 1136531858
  • 9781315017341
  • 1315017342
  • 1138861898
  • 9781138861893
  • 1136531920
  • 9781136531927
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Widows and their familiesDDC classification:
  • 306.88 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1221 .M37 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Grief -- 3. Mourning -- 4. Help in widowhood -- 5. Remarriage -- 6. Family relationships -- 7. The principles of social insurance -- 8. Income -- 9. Conclusion.
Summary: One of the first books to be published in the UK on bereavement, this ground-breaking study presents the results of a survey of widows in London. Focussing on younger women whose husbands had died the book deals first with grief and mourning then examines the consequences of bereavement through the help of relatives and friends and the changes it brings about to the widow's family life. Throughout the book the consequences of widowhood are discussed with relevance to psychological theory and to national policy. Originally published in 1958.
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Originally published: London: Routledge & Paul, 1958.

Print version record.

1. Introduction -- 2. Grief -- 3. Mourning -- 4. Help in widowhood -- 5. Remarriage -- 6. Family relationships -- 7. The principles of social insurance -- 8. Income -- 9. Conclusion.

One of the first books to be published in the UK on bereavement, this ground-breaking study presents the results of a survey of widows in London. Focussing on younger women whose husbands had died the book deals first with grief and mourning then examines the consequences of bereavement through the help of relatives and friends and the changes it brings about to the widow's family life. Throughout the book the consequences of widowhood are discussed with relevance to psychological theory and to national policy. Originally published in 1958.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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