ISBN:
9781594510168
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (332 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Families : Joys, Conflicts, and Changes
DDC:
306.850973
Keywords:
Family
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene -- Family Changes, Family Continuities -- Seven Family Scenes -- Plymouth Colony, 1680s -- A Kentucky Mountain Family, 1887-1946 -- An Italian Family, 1910s-1930s -- A Lesbian Family, 1990s -- African American Families Returning South -- Working-Class English Families, 1950s -- Polynesian Families, 1930s -- What Are Families? -- Major Themes of the Book -- Appendix A: Data on U.S. Families -- Appendix B: Some Terms to Understand -- Chapter 2 Families in U.S. History -- Introduction and Overview -- Images and Fears of Family Decline -- Colonial Families -- Families under Industrialism -- Families in the Twentieth Century -- Companionate Families and Marriages -- Muncie, Indiana, 1890s, 1920s, and 1970s -- The 1950s, in Memory and Reality -- Enslaved and "Free" African American Families -- The African Heritage -- African American Families after Emancipation -- Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860 -- Sharecropping, the Journey North, and the 1950s -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Making Sense of Families -- Ideals, Longings, and Realities -- Perspectives on Families -- The Decline and Demise of Families -- Families Are Well and Healthy -- Anxious, Distressed, and Enduring Families -- Power, Feminism, and Families -- Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- Joan Walsh -- Judy Aulette -- Judith Stacey -- Summary -- Sociology, History, and Families -- Difficulties in the Study of Families -- "The Good Old Days" -- The Nuclear Family as "Normal" and Universal -- Family Secrets and Façades -- Conclusion: Beyond Power Struggles and Conflicts -- Chapter 4 Marriage, Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Marriage -- Marriages -- Why Marry? -- Some Statistics on Marriage -- Marriages in U.S. History -- Good Marriages and the Benefits of Marriage.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Setting the Scene; Family Changes, Family Continuities; Seven Family Scenes; Plymouth Colony, 1680s; A Kentucky Mountain Family, 1887-1946; An Italian Family, 1910s-1930s; A Lesbian Family, 1990s; African American Families Returning South; Working-Class English Families, 1950s; Polynesian Families, 1930s; What Are Families?; Major Themes of the Book; Appendix A: Data on U.S. Families; Appendix B: Some Terms to Understand; Chapter 2 Families in U.S. History
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction and OverviewImages and Fears of Family Decline; Colonial Families; Families under Industrialism; Families in the Twentieth Century; Companionate Families and Marriages; Muncie, Indiana, 1890s, 1920s, and 1970s; The 1950s, in Memory and Reality; Enslaved and "Free" African American Families; The African Heritage; African American Families after Emancipation; Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860; Sharecropping, the Journey North, and the 1950s; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Making Sense of Families; Ideals, Longings, and Realities; Perspectives on Families; The Decline and Demise of Families
Description / Table of Contents:
Families Are Well and HealthyAnxious, Distressed, and Enduring Families; Power, Feminism, and Families; Letty Cottin Pogrebin; Joan Walsh; Judy Aulette; Judith Stacey; Summary; Sociology, History, and Families; Difficulties in the Study of Families; "The Good Old Days"; The Nuclear Family as "Normal" and Universal; Family Secrets and Façades; Conclusion: Beyond Power Struggles and Conflicts; Chapter 4 Marriage, Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Marriage; Marriages; Why Marry?; Some Statistics on Marriage; Marriages in U.S. History; Good Marriages and the Benefits of Marriage; Research on Marriage
Description / Table of Contents:
Characteristics of Good MarriagesThe Benefits of Marriage; Marriages over Time; Debates on the State of Marriage; Feminist Critiques; Marriages in Muncie, Indiana, in the 1970s; The Decline of Marriage?; The Rise of Cohabitation; What Is Cohabitation?; The Normalization of Cohabitation in Europe and the United States; Why Do People Cohabit?; Cohabitation and Divorce; Cohabitation and the Law; Same-Sex Couples-and Marriages?; The Struggle for Same-Sex Marriages; Same-Sex Unions in Other Countries; Rights and Benefits; Debates on Same-Sex Marriages; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Parents and Children
Description / Table of Contents:
The Joys of Childhood and Parenthood"Me and My Dad"; Celebrating a Family's Good Times; Why Have Children?; Parents and Children in Earlier Times; The Mundurucu of the Amazon in the 1950s; The Tikopia of Polynesia in the 1930s; The Mbuti of Zaire; The Montagnais of the St. Lawrence Valley; Our Babies, Ourselves: Some Lessons on Parenting; Bonding; Sleeping; Touching; Feeding; Parents and Children in African American Communities; All Our Kin; Call to Home; Historical Notes on Childhood and Parenting; Children; Parents; Children Today
Description / Table of Contents:
Busy Parents, Fear, Computers, and the Decline of Childhood?
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Description based upon print version of record
