Highlighting Cultural Diversity from a Global Perspective
November 01, 2011
As the demographics of the United States and the world shift and global processes grow in importance, it is critical to examine the impact of these issues in family and consumer sciences and related fields.
Each chapter in Families in a Global Context describes customary types of family patterns within each country's social organization and culture. Important social, economic, political, and other trends are explored in detail, and major ethnic, religious, or other subcultures are noted emphasizing marriage and family patterns that differ from the more typical ones. The book is extensively referenced and includes tables to clearly present data.
In this interesting video, scholar Hans Rosling explains 200 years of global morbidity and mortality in just 4 minutes. If only all important topics could be explained in such a creative and accessible way.
