Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families, 1600-1900 by Stephanie Coontz

Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families, 1600-1900

The Haymarket Series

Stephanie Coontz

366 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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A highly original account of the evolution of the family unit Current debates about the future of the family are often based on serious misconceptions about its past. Arguing that there is no biologically mandated or universally functional family...

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