Family and Community in North America, 1600-1900

3 credits · Undergraduate

The family in North American society, from when the family was a model for social relations to the time when it was idealized as a private refuge. Among the topics considered are the role of the family in rural and urban communities, the demographic transition from high fertility and mortality, the reduction of the family's economic and educational autonomy, the role of ideology in shaping sex roles and child rearing, and the relations of family and community according to ethnic group, class and economic setting. RECOMMENDED: A course in the sociology or social anthropology of the family CROSSLISTED: GWST 3300.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Discussion