Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-393) and index.
Contents:
The study of the American family / Joseph M. Hawes and Elizabeth I. Nybakken -- Changing approaches to the study of family life / Maris A. Vinovskis and Laura McCall -- The preindustrial family (1600-1815) / Ross W. Beales, Jr. -- The new model middle-class family (1815-1930) / Marilyn Dell Brady -- Families face the Great Depression (1930-1940) / Winifred D. Wandersee -- Families, World War II, and the baby boom (1940-1955) / Judith Sealander -- New rules : postwar families (1955-present) / Steven Mintz -- Women and families / Margaret M. Caffrey -- African American families / Karen Anderson -- Native American families / Nancy Shoemaker -- Immigrant working-class families / Selma Berrol.
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