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Author:

Coleman, Marilyn.

Title:

Family life in 20th-century America / Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong, and Kelly Warzinik.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xviii, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Family--United States--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Ganong, Lawrence H.
Warzinik, Kelly.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312) and index.

Contents:

Timeline of major events that affected families in the 20th century -- Courtship, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, remarriage, and bereavement: family transitions in the 20th century -- How families lived -- Work and family life -- Rituals: how families developed and maintained shared meanings -- Mothers and motherhood -- Men in families -- Children and adolescents in families -- Family abuse and neglect: the dark side of families -- Alternative family forms -- References -- Index.

Series:

Family life through history, 1558-6286

ISBN:

0313333564 (alk. paper)
9780313333569 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)79001604

LCCN:

2007000546

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)