{"product_id":"the-writings-of-a-m-shah-the-household-and-family-in-india-9788125053408","title":"The Writings of A. M. Shah: The Household and Family in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): A. M. Shah\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003eThis volume brings together the \u003cstrong\u003eseminal contributions\u003c\/strong\u003e of the sociologist Professor A. M. Shah to the study of the household and family in India.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Household Dimension of the Family in India \u003c\/em\u003e(Book One) was widely regarded as a \u003cstrong\u003elandmark study\u003c\/strong\u003e when it first appeared in \u003cstrong\u003e1973\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003eIt combines \u003cstrong\u003emicro and macro perspectives\u003c\/strong\u003e, and offers a rigorous \u003cstrong\u003ecritique of the stereotype of the ‘decline’ of the joint family\u003c\/strong\u003e under conditions of industrial modernisation. This book continues to be used as a principal text in many \u003cstrong\u003efamily and kinship courses in sociology departments\u003c\/strong\u003e across the country.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003eIt is reproduced here with the original \u003cstrong\u003eforeword by M. N. Srinivas\u003c\/strong\u003e and the original \u003cstrong\u003eAnnotated Bibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Family in India: Critical Essays \u003c\/em\u003e(Book Two), first published in 1998, covers a \u003cstrong\u003ewide range of theoretical, methodological, substantive and policy issues\u003c\/strong\u003e relating to the family.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003eBook Three, titled \u003cem\u003eEssays on the Family and the Elderly\u003c\/em\u003e, contains \u003cstrong\u003ethree more recent essays\u003c\/strong\u003e, which explore the effects of changes in the family on the \u003cstrong\u003eelderly\u003c\/strong\u003e; explain the relevance of \u003cstrong\u003ecensus data\u003c\/strong\u003e for studies of the household; and comment on the \u003cstrong\u003ecurrent state of family studies in India\u003c\/strong\u003e from the perspective of the author’s many decades of engagement with the field. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Writings of A. M. Shah \u003c\/em\u003ehas a foreword by Professor \u003cstrong\u003ePatricia Uberoi\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616524427415,"sku":"9788125053408","price":1635.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788125053408.webp?v=1769295021","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-writings-of-a-m-shah-the-household-and-family-in-india-9788125053408","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}