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The American family in social-historical perspective

Title
The American family in social-historical perspective / Micheal Gordon, editor.
Format
Book
Published
New York: St. Martin's Press, c1973.
Description
xv, 428 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
  • Laslett, P. The comparative history of household and family.
  • Berkner, L. K. The stem family and the development cycle of the peasant household.
  • Anderson, M. Family, household, and the industrial revolution.
  • Greven, P. J., jr. Family structure in seventeenth-century Andover, Mass.
  • Farber, B. Family and community structure: Salem in 1800.
  • Sennett, R. Middle-class families and urban violence.
  • McLaughlin, V. Y. Patterns of work and family organization.
  • Pleck, E. H. The two-parent household.
  • Demos, J. Infancy and childhood in the Plymouth colony.
  • Rapson, R. L. The American child as seen by British travelers, 1845-1935.
  • Demos, J. and V. Adolescence in historical perspective.
  • Welter, B. The cult of true womanhood: 1820-1860.
  • O'Neill, W. L. Divorce in the progressive era.
  • Jensen, R. Family, career, and reform.
  • Morgan, E. S. The Puritans and sex.
  • Shorter, E. Illegitimacy, sexual revolution.
  • Barker-Benfield, B. The spermatic economy.
  • Grabill, W. H., Kiser, C. V., and Whelpton, P. K. A long view.
  • Smith, D. S. The demographic history of Colonial New England.
  • Selected bibliography (p. 417-421)
Kinsey subjects
Family--United States. Family history--United States. Family research.

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
162.1 A64 1973
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute