Books by David M. Newman

This book explores the iconic existence of second chances in everyday life. Newman argues that while second chances are culturally ubiquitous, they are complicated by assessments of deservedness, ultimately pitting optimistic notions of redemption against entrenched beliefs about the intransigence of human nature.

The Second Edition of this comprehensive text on the sociology of the family features: improved implementation of the 'inductive' teaching style, upon which the book is based; reorganization and restructuring for more flexible teaching; revised demographic essays; and 2000 United States Census data incorporated throughout.