Tables of Contents for Sociology of Marriage and the Family

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Part One Comparative and Historical Perspectives

Sociological Theory: Explaining Families in a Stratified Society

The Social Ingredients of Families: Gender, Love, and Property

History of the Family I: From Kinship Politics to Patriarchal Households

History of the Family II: The Love Revolution and the Rise of Feminism

Part Two Diversity in Modern Families

Family Trends: The Twentieth Century and Beyond

Families and Work: The Economy, Social Class, and Inequality

Race and Ethnicity: Understanding Structural and Cultural Differences

Part Three Love, Marriage, and Childbearing

Romantic Markets: Love, Cohabitation, and Marriage

Erotic Ties: Marital and Nonmarital Sex

Contraception and Reproduction: Making Babies an a Technological Age

Part Four Family Realities

Domestic Life: Housework, Power, and Marital Happiness

Raising Children: Motherhood, Fatherhood, and Socialization

Family Violence: Spouse Abuse, Child Abuse, and Elder Abuse

Part Five Family Changes

Uncoupling--Recoupling: Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepfamilies

Life Course Transitions: From Adolescence to the Aging Family

The Future: Social Policy and Family Well-Being