IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Images, Ideals, and Myths
Chapter 2 Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form
Chapter 3 The Historical Making of Family Diversity
Chapter 4 Macro Forces Affecting Families: the Economy, Immigration, and Aging
Chapter 5 Class, Race, and Gender
Chapter 6 Meshing the Worlds of Work and Family
Chapter 7 The Social Construction of Intimacy
Chapter 8 Contemporary Marriages
Chapter 9 Parents and Children
Chapter 10 Violence in Families
Chapter 11 Divorce and Remarriage
Chapter 12 Emergent Families in the Global Era
Chapter 13 Family Policy for the Twenty-First Century
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1Images, Ideals, and Myths
Images and Ideals
Family as Haven
Family as Fulfillment
Family as Encumbrance
Images and Reality
The Mythical U.S. Family
The Myth of a Stable and Harmonious Family of the Past
The Myth of Separate Worlds
The Myth of the Monolithic Family Form
The Myth of a Unified Family Experience
The Myth of Family Consensus
The Myth of Family Decline as the Cause of Social Problems
A New Framework for Understanding Families
The Sociological Perspective
The Paradigm Shift in Family Studies
The Structural Diversity Approach
Chapter 2Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form
Family and the New Social History
What Is “New” about Family History?
Overview of Family History Themes
Family Life in Colonial America
Agricultural Communities and Families
Family Structure and Household Composition
Wives and Husbands
Children
The Emergence of Modern Family Life
Industrialization and Families
Agency, Adaptation, and Change
Household Size and Composition
Wives and Husbands
Children
Challenging a Uniform Definition of the Family
Chapter 3The Historical Making of Family Diversity
Industrialization and Family Life
New Work Arrangements
Work and Family in Industrial Society
Accordion Households
Immigration and Family Life
The Social Breakdown Perspective
Industrial Work and Immigrant Families
Racial Control and Family Life
New Thinking about Minority Families
Race, Labor, and Family Life
African American Families in Slavery and Freedom
Chicano Families in the Southwest
The Great Depression and Family Change
Chapter 4Macro Forces Affecting Families: the Economy, Immigration, and Aging
Globalization and the Structural Transformation of the Economy, the Great Recession, and Families
Globalization
Structural Changes in the United States Because of Globalization
The Great Recession (2007-?)
Downward Social Mobility
Shifting Family Forms
The New Immigration and the Changing Racial Landscape
Demographic Trends and Increasing Diversity
Structural Diversity of Immigrant Families
The Effects of Immigration on Immigrant Families
Immigration and Agency
The Effects of Immigration on Family Dynamics
The New Second Generation
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