Families, history, and social change : life-course and cross-cultural perspectives

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Families, history, and social change : life-course and cross-cultural perspectives

Tamara K. Hareven

Westview Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-365) and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780813390796

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 simplistic notions about change in the American family. In these interdisciplinary essays that are deeply rooted in history, Hareven provides important perspectives on family relations in the present, dispels myths about family relations in the past, offers new directions in research and interpretation, and revises our understanding of social change. Hareven's essays, which are based on thirty years of research, combine empirical evidence with theoretical frameworks and discussions of the state of the art in this exciting field. The essays cover a wide spectrum of issues and topics such as the organization of the family and the household, the networks available to children as they were growing up, the role of the family in the process of industrialization, the division of labour in the family along gender lines, and the relations between the generations in the later years of life. Coincidentally, the essays revolve around three central themes: The family's interaction with the process of industrialization, the life course, and the development of the field of family history- and its future directions. They are both interdisciplinary and cross-cultural.Professor Hareven is a pioneer and leader in the development of the field of family history. Her work makes a major contribution to the theoretical and substantive aspects of scholarship on family life, past and present, and on social change. Her essays also provide a fine understanding of this field's development.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Family and Kinship -- The History of the Family and the Complexity of Social Change -- The Dynamic of Kin in an Industrial Community -- A Complex Relationship -- Studying Lives in Time and Place -- Historical Changes in Children's Networks in the Family and Community -- Aging and Generational Relations -- Synchronizing Individual Time, Family Time, and Historical Time -- The Generation in the Middle -- Rising Above Life's Disadvantage -- Changing Images of Aging and the Social Construction of the Life Course -- Comparative Perspectives -- Between Craft and Industry -- The Festival's Work as Leisure -- Divorce, Chinese Style -- Broader Perspectives -- Family Change and Historical Change -- What Difference Does It Make?
Volume

: hc ISBN 9780813390871

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 simplistic notions about change and the American family. Based on detailed research and a variety of sources, including extensive oral history interviews of ordinary people, these interdisciplinary essays examine major changes in family life, dispel myths about the past, revise prevailing notions of social change, and offer new directions in research and interpretation. 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 simplistic notions about change in the American family. In these interdisciplinary essays that are deeply rooted in history, Hareven provides important perspectives on family relations in the present, dispels myths about family relations in the past, offers new directions in research and interpretation, and revises our understanding of social change. Hareven's essays, which are based on thirty years of research, combine empirical evidence with theoretical frameworks and discussions of the state of the art in this exciting field. The essays cover a wide spectrum of issues and topics such as the organization of the family and the household, the networks available to children as they were growing up, the role of the family in the process of industrialization, the division of labor in the family along gender lines, and the relations between the generations in the later years of life. Coincidentally, the essays revolve around three central themes: The family's interaction with the process of industrialization, the life course, and the development of the field of family history--and its future directions. They are both interdisciplinary and cross-cultural.Professor Hareven is a pioneer and leader in the development of the field of family history. Her work makes a major contribution to the theoretical and substantive aspects of scholarship on family life, past and present, and on social change. Her essays also provide a fine understanding of this field's development.

Table of Contents

  • Family and Kinship: Continuity and Change
  • The History of the Family and the Complexity of Social Change
  • The Dynamics of Kin in an Industrial Community
  • A Complex Relationship: Family Strategies and Processes of Economic and Social Change
  • Studying Lives in Time and Place
  • Historical Changes in Children's Networks in the Family and Community
  • Aging and Generational Relations: A Historical and Life Course Perspective
  • Synchronizing Individual Time, Family Time, and Historical Time
  • The Generation in the Middle: Cohort Comparisons in Assistance to Aging Parents in an American Community
  • Rising Above Life's Disadvantage: From the Great Depression to War
  • Changing Images of Aging and the Social Construction of the Life Course
  • Comparative Perspectives
  • Between Craft and Industry: The Subjective Reconstruction of the Life Course of Kyoto's Traditional Weavers
  • The Festival's Work as Leisure: The Traditional Craftsmen of the Gion Festival
  • Divorce, Chinese Style
  • Broader Perspectives
  • What Difference Does It Make?

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