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This book consists of a number of studies by various authors on aspects of the complex changes in family relationships occurring in Taiwan during the islands transformation from a traditional to a socially and economically developed modern society. The study explores the patterns and causes of change in various aspects of society including education work income transfers leisure time marriage living arrangements and interactions with extended kin. Theoretical chapters enunciate a theory of family and social change centered on the life course and modes of social organization. Other chapters look at the shift from arranged marriages toward love matches as well as changes in dating practices premarital sex fertility and divorce. The authors bring together perspectives from sociology demography economics anthropology and history to provide a thorough and informative study of the many ways social and economic changes affect the family. (EXCERPT)
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