Families, History And Social Change: Life Course And Cross-cultural Perspectives

Families, History And Social Change: Life Course And Cross-cultural Perspectives
ISBN-10
0429969120
ISBN-13
9780429969126
Series
Families, History And Social Change
Category
Social Science
Pages
408
Language
English
Published
2018-03-05
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Tamara K Hareven

Description

One of the prevailing myths about the American family is that there once existed a harmonious family with three generations living together, and that this "ideal" family broke down under the impact of urbanization and industralization. The essays in this volume challenge this myth and provide dramatic revisions of simplistic notions about change in the American family. Based on detailed research in a variety of sources, including extensive oral history interviews of ordinary people, these essays examine major changes in family life, dispel myths about the past, and offer new directions in research and interpretation. The essays cover a wide spectrum of issues and topics, ranging from the organization of the family and household, to the networks available to children as they grow up, to the role of the family in the process of industralization, to the division of labor in the family along gender lines, and to the relations between the generations in the later years of life. While discussing family relations in the past and revising prevailing notions of social change, these interdisciplinary essays also provide important perspectives on the present.

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