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Everett, C. A. (Ed.). (1997). Divorce and Remarriage: International Studies. New York: Haworth. 228 pages. Hardcover ISBN 0-7890-0319-8, price $49.95.
This book is a reprint of the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage (1997), Vol. 26, Nos. 3/4 in hardcover. The collection covers 12 countries in 15 papers. The international sources come from Australia, Chile, China, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Wales. The lengths of the contributions range from three to thirty-six pages. The authors come from the behavioral sciences, demography medicine, pastoral psychology, psychology, sociology, social sciences, and social work.
The variety of topics include a demographic analysis of divorce (Australia); children of divorce (Chile); parental lifestyles and single parent families (Iceland); the deceased spouse in remarriage (Israel); stepfamily lifestyles (Netherlands); marriage and divorce (Japan); marital dissolution as a stressor (Norway); single parents' stress (China); and infant-mother attachment in separated and married families (United Kingdom).