Families, History And Social Change: Life Course And Cross-cultural Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 036731567X
- ISBN-13
- 9780367315672
- Series
- Families, History And Social Change
- Category
- Families
- Pages
- 403
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-08-28
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Tamara K. Hareven, Barbara Trepagnier
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 industrialization. The essays in Families, History, and Social Change challenge this myth and provide dramatic revisions of simplist
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- 2018-03-05
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