Widows and their families / Peter Marris.

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Marris, Peter

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.Publisher: London : Routledge, 2004Description: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781136531859
1136531858
9781315017341
1315017342
1138861898
9781138861893
1136531920
9781136531927

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Widows and their familiesDDC classification:

306.88 22

LOC classification:

HQ1221 .M37 2004

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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.

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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.

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