Nicholas Tavuchis
Biographic Data
| ID | 172107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Tavuchis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Tavuchis |
| SIGNATURE | TAVUCHIS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | DepartDepartment of Sociology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mea culpa
What is apology? What are its functions and its essential and variable elements? How do apologies differ from excuses, disclaimers, and justifications? What form does apology take in our own culture and in other cultures such as Japan? These are some of the major questions addressed in this attempt to shed light on a familiar but neglected dimension of social life. --From publisher's description.
The Valuation of Children and Parenthood Among the Voluntarily Childless and Parental Couples in Canada
Recent demographic evidence indicating a declining fertility rate, developments such as the increase in the participation of married women in the labor force, and the emergence of alternatives to traditional marriage and family patterns seem to suggest a subtle shift in attitudes toward children and parenthood in Canada. The present study attempts to examine the nature of such a shift by exploring certain values that presumably influence fertilit…
Greek Americans
Ethnic Families in America
The Canadian Family
Kids and kin
This study seeks to explore the defining characteristics of first and third grade children (mean ages 7;0 and 9;1 respectively) in conceptualizing seventeen American kin terms. The data indicate that even when children were able to identify a relationship, they did not all base their identification on the same attributes. Familiarity and experience affected the identification of some terms but did not appear to influence the ability to handle rel…
The Family through Literature
Family and Mobility among Greek-Americans
Household and Family in Past Time.Peter Laslett , Richard Wall
The Assimilation of Greeks in the United States
The American Family
Naming patterns and kinship among Greeks
Pastors and Immigrants; The Role of a Religious Elite in the Absorption of Norwegian Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants, The Role of a Religious Elite in the Absorption of Norwegian Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants. The Role of a Religious Elite in the Absorption of Norwegian Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants
Mea culpa
What is apology? What are its functions and its essential and variable elements? How do apologies differ from excuses, disclaimers, and justifications? What form does apology take in our own culture and in other cultures such as Japan? These are some of the major questions addressed in this attempt to shed light on a familiar but neglected dimension of social life. --From publisher's description.
The Valuation of Children and Parenthood Among the Voluntarily Childless and Parental Couples in Canada
Recent demographic evidence indicating a declining fertility rate, developments such as the increase in the participation of married women in the labor force, and the emergence of alternatives to traditional marriage and family patterns seem to suggest a subtle shift in attitudes toward children and parenthood in Canada. The present study attempts to examine the nature of such a shift by exploring certain values that presumably influence fertilit…
Naming patterns and kinship among Greeks
Pastors and Immigrants; The Role of a Religious Elite in the Absorption of Norwegian Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants, The Role of a Religious Elite in the Absorption of Norwegian Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants. The Role of a Religious Elite in the Absorption of Norwegian Immigrants
Pastors and Immigrants
Naming patterns and kinship among Greeks
The American Family
The Assimilation of Greeks in the United States
Family and Mobility among Greek-Americans
Household and Family in Past Time.Peter Laslett , Richard Wall
Kids and kin
This study seeks to explore the defining characteristics of first and third grade children (mean ages 7;0 and 9;1 respectively) in conceptualizing seventeen American kin terms. The data indicate that even when children were able to identify a relationship, they did not all base their identification on the same attributes. Familiarity and experience affected the identification of some terms but did not appear to influence the ability to handle rel…
The Family through Literature
Ethnic Families in America
The Canadian Family
Greek Americans
The Valuation of Children and Parenthood Among the Voluntarily Childless and Parental Couples in Canada
Recent demographic evidence indicating a declining fertility rate, developments such as the increase in the participation of married women in the labor force, and the emergence of alternatives to traditional marriage and family patterns seem to suggest a subtle shift in attitudes toward children and parenthood in Canada. The present study attempts to examine the nature of such a shift by exploring certain values that presumably influence fertilit…
Mea culpa
What is apology? What are its functions and its essential and variable elements? How do apologies differ from excuses, disclaimers, and justifications? What form does apology take in our own culture and in other cultures such as Japan? These are some of the major questions addressed in this attempt to shed light on a familiar but neglected dimension of social life. --From publisher's description.
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Elite (5 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Norwegian (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works)