The American family in social-historical perspective.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Family -- United States -- History
Description: Brings together articles and sections of books that reflect all facets of the new history of the family.
Table of contents: title: Laslett, P. The comparative history of household and family.; title: Berkner, L. K. The stem family and the development cycle of the peasant household.; title: Anderson, M. Family, household, and the industrial revolution.; title: Greven, P. J., jr. Family structure in seventeenth-century Andover, Mass.; title: Farber, B. Family and community structure: Salem in 1800.; title: Sennett, R. Middle-class families and urban violence.; title: McLaughlin, V. Y. Patterns of work and family organization.; title: Pleck, E. H. The two-parent household.; title: Demos, J. Infancy and childhood in the Plymouth colony.; title: Rapson, R. L. The American child as seen by British travelers, 1845-1935.; title: Demos, J. and V. Adolescence in historical perspective.; title: Welter, B. The cult of true womanhood: 1820-1860.; title: O'Neill, W. L. Divorce in the progressive era.; title: Jensen, R. Family, career, and reform.; title: Morgan, E. S. The Puritans and sex.; title: Shorter, E. Illegitimacy, sexual revolution.; title: Barker-Benfield, B. The spermatic economy.; title: Grabill, W. H., Kiser, C. V., and Whelpton, P. K. A long view.; title: Smith, D. S. The demographic history of Colonial New England.; title: Selected bibliography (p. 417-421)