This carefully balanced academic work chronicles the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of American families from the colonial period to the present. Key themes include families and culture (including mass media), families and religion, families and the economy, families and social issues, families and social stratification and conflict, family structures (including marriage and divorce, gender roles, parenting and children, and mixed and non-modal family forms), and family law and policy.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
662046
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Title
Social history of the American family.
International Standard Book Number
9781452286167
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Families-- United States-- History, Encyclopedias.
Families.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.