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图书目录:PREFACE
CREDITS 1 INTRODUCTION Our Changing Families Developmental Sequence Understanding the Family Is There One Essential Form of the Family? Summary Suggested Readings part one COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 2 A DOCUMENTARY OF DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN FAMILY STYLES The Family and Social Class Ethnic and Regional Variations Summary 59, Suggested Readings 3 FAMILIES IN SLOWLY CHANGING SOCIETIES Kin Terminology as a Key to Social Structure Unilinear Kin Groups The Functions of Lineages in Slowly Changing Societies Social Structure and Social Change Summary Suggested Readings FAMILIES IN RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIETIES The Character of Technological Change The Family and Technological Change A Brief Examination of Our Own Kinship System Summary Suggested Readings part two FANTlLY DYNANMICS 5 THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE Basic Concepts The Developing Family The Family's Capacity to Cope with Crises Marital Satisfaction and the Life Cycle "'Catch 30" and Other Predictable Crises of the Life Cycle Summary Suggested Readings 6 THE MATING GAME: PERSONAL CHOICE OR CULTURAL CONDITIONING? In the Tradition of Love Determining Who Is Eligible to Become a Mate Problems of Mixed Marriages Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Mate Selection: A Summary Summary Suggested Readings 7 AMERICAN FAMILIES AS SOCIALIZING AGENTS Culture and Personality The Process of Acquiring a Way of Life: Socialization Historical Trends in American Child Rearing Child Development Research Conceptual Clarification Summary Suggested Readings 8 CONFLICT, CRISES, AND VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY A Violent People? Some Correlates of Conflict Some Correlates of Violence Conjugal Conflict and Violence Parent-Child Conflict and Violence Summary Suggested Readings DIVORCE AND DISORGANIZATION Family Disorganization Getting a Divorce Divorce, Disorganization, and Change Summary Suggested Readings part three THE CALL FOR CHANGE 10 THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION The Scientific Study of Human Sexuality The Systematic Study of American Sexual Behavior Sex, Sensation, and Spirit: A Redefinition of Western Experience Summary Suggested Readings 11 THE GENERATION GAP: LOOKING BACKWARD OR AHEAD? Changes in the Young A Profile of the Rebellious A Sociological Explanation of Generational Conflict Summary Suggested Readings 12 FEMINISM: ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE A Brief History of Feminism Working Women Role Flexibility Sexual Politics Summary Suggested Readings 13 FAMILY PLANNING AND POPULATION CONTROL Growth Patterns of American Families Trends in Fertility, Mortality, and Rates of Natural Increase The Birth Control Movement and Its Opponents Life Science, Science Fiction, and Fertility Control Summary Suggested Readings part four CHANGING THE FAMILY 14 PATHWAYS IN UTOPIA Oneida The Russian Experiment The Kibbutzim Summary Suggested Readings 15 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COMMUNES AND MULTIPLE MARRIAGES What Is a Commune? Multiple Marriages Summary Suggested Readings 16 TRENDS AND PROPOSALS: THE CONTINUING NEED FOR FREEDOM AND SECURITY Projections The Need for Alternatives Proposals Suggested Readings AFTERWORD INDEX |