The Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature provides a systematic listing of current periodical literature on family studies. Volume X reviews English language literature, published in 1983, covering this subject; its survey is interdisciplinary, non-evaluative and comprehensive. It will be of use to all those whose concerns are marriage and the family: social and welfare workers, sociologists, social psychologists, marriage guidance counsellors, those interested in womens studies and family history. `If David Olson had ...
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The Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature provides a systematic listing of current periodical literature on family studies. Volume X reviews English language literature, published in 1983, covering this subject; its survey is interdisciplinary, non-evaluative and comprehensive. It will be of use to all those whose concerns are marriage and the family: social and welfare workers, sociologists, social psychologists, marriage guidance counsellors, those interested in womens studies and family history. `If David Olson had done nothing else, his contribution as the continuing senior co-editor of the Inventory would earn him an honored place in the hall of fame of family scholars. (This series) remains in my opinion the best starting place for anyone interested in getting a quick start on a literature review in virtually any component of the field of family studies. -- American Journal of Family Therapy, Fall 1984 `The editors of this and the previous volumes of the Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature have provided an invaluable service to scholars in the area of family studies...It is hard to imagine how family sociologists and scholars of family studies can do without such an index. -- Contemporary Sociology, May 1985, Vol 14 No 3
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