Contents

Preface xiii
1. Images, Ideals, and Myths 1
2. Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form 29
3. The Historical Making of Family Diversity 60
4. Economic and Demographic Upheavals in Society and Family Formation 91
5. Class, Race and Gender 137
6. Meshing the Worlds of Work and Family 181
7. The Social Construction of Intimacy 221
8. Contemporary Marriages 257
9. Parents and Children 295
10. Violence in Familie 338
11. Divorce and Remarriage 378
12. Emergent Families in the Global Era 416
13. Family Polcy for the Twenty-First Century 454
Glossary 495
Bibliography 505
Photo Credits 535
Text Credits 537
Name Index 539
Subject Index 537