| Families, History and Social Change: Life Course and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Contributor(s): Hareven, Tamara K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813390796 ISBN-13: 9780813390796 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Hareven (family studies and history, U. of Delaware) challenges the myth of the American family as once having existed as a harmonious unit with three generations living together, and as breaking down under the impact of urbanization and industrialization. Drawing on detailed research from a variety of sources (including extensive oral history interviews of ordinary people), she examines major changes in family life and covers issues such as the organization of the family and household, the networks available to children as they grow up, the role of the family in the process of industrialization, the division of labor along gender lines, and the relations between the generations in the later years of life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - Psychology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 99-38532 |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.93" W x 8.99" (1.19 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |