The Social History of the American Family - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Social History of the American Family write by Marilyn J. Coleman. This book was released on 2014-09-02. The Social History of the American Family available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The American family has come a long way from the days of the idealized family portrayed in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s. The four volumes of The Social History of the American Family explore the vital role of the family as the fundamental social unit across the span of American history. Experiences of family life shape so much of an individual’s development and identity, yet the patterns of family structure, family life, and family transition vary across time, space, and socioeconomic contexts. Both the definition of who or what counts as family and representations of the “ideal” family have changed over time to reflect changing mores, changing living standards and lifestyles, and increased levels of social heterogeneity. Available in both digital and print formats, this carefully balanced academic work chronicles the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of American families from the colonial period to the present. Key themes include families and culture (including mass media), families and religion, families and the economy, families and social issues, families and social stratification and conflict, family structures (including marriage and divorce, gender roles, parenting and children, and mixed and non-modal family forms), and family law and policy. Features: Approximately 600 articles, richly illustrated with historical photographs and color photos in the digital edition, provide historical context for students. A collection of primary source documents demonstrate themes across time. The signed articles, with cross references and Further Readings, are accompanied by a Reader’s Guide, Chronology of American Families, Resource Guide, Glossary, and thorough index. The Social History of the American Family is an ideal reference for students and researchers who want to explore political and social debates about the importance of the family and its evolving constructions.
A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present
A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present write by Arthur Wallace Calhoun. This book was released on 1917. A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. V. I. Colonial period -- v. II. From Independence through the Civil War -- v. III. Since the civil war.
A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present
A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present write by Arthur Wallace Calhoun. This book was released on 1919. A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Domestic Revolutions
Domestic Revolutions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Domestic Revolutions write by Steven Mintz. This book was released on 1989-04-03. Domestic Revolutions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An examination of how the concept of “family” has been transformed over the last three centuries in the U.S., from its function as primary social unit to today’s still-evolving model. Based on a wide reading of letters, diaries and other contemporary documents, Mintz, an historian, and Kellogg, an anthropologist, examine the changing definition of “family” in the United States over the course of the last three centuries, beginning with the modified European model of the earliest settlers. From there they survey the changes in the families of whites (working class, immigrants, and middle class) and blacks (slave and free) since the Colonial years, and identify four deep changes in family structure and ideology: the democratic family, the companionate family, the family of the 1950s, and lastly, the family of the '80s, vulnerable to societal changes but still holding together.
The American Family in Social-historical Perspective
The American Family in Social-historical Perspective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American Family in Social-historical Perspective write by Michael Gordon. This book was released on 1973. The American Family in Social-historical Perspective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
