Families and Their Social Worlds Chapter 3 Families

Piecing Together the History of Family Life • Ethnographies – Detailed accounts and interpretations

Why Study Family History? • Are families in trouble? What examples provided by the

Families in Pre-Industrial Societies • Family Life as a Hunter-Gatherer – Subsistence Economies –

Families in Pre-Industrial Societies • Family Life In Horticultural and Agrarian Societies – Early

Family Life in Pre-Industrial United States • Colonial America: European Colonists – Courtship and

Family Life in Pre-Industrial United States • Mexicans – Familism – Family relationships are

Family Life in Pre-Industrial United States • Native Americans Copyright © Allyn & Bacon

Preindustrial Family Life • Describe family patterns found among early Native Americans. In what

American Families in the 19 th Century • The Changing Nature of the Economy:

American Families in the 19 th Century • Class Ideology – Separate Spheres –

American Families in the 19 th Century • Demographic Changes – Immigration – People

Families in the 20 th Century & Beyond • What is meant by the

Families and Societies – An Overview • Pre. Industrial Societies – Hunter-Gatherer – Horticultural

Family Life in Pre-Industrial United States • Colonial America: African Americans and Slavery Copyright

Families in the 20 th Century: The Rise of the “Modern” Family – Companionate

Families in the 20 th Century: The Rise of the “Modern” Family • Post-World

Recent Family Issues and Their Historical Roots • An Example: Families and the Changing

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Piecing Together the History of Family Life • Ethnographies – Detailed accounts and interpretations of some aspect of culture • Family Reconstitution – Attempts are made to compile all available information about significant family events and everyday life within a particular family to piece together social history Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Families in Pre-Industrial Societies • Family Life as a Hunter-Gatherer – Subsistence Economies – Economies in which families use all of what they have, with virtually no surplus of food or other resources Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Families in Pre-Industrial Societies • Family Life In Horticultural and Agrarian Societies – Early European Families • Patricians – During the Roman era, these were landowners, at the top of the stratification system • Primogeniture – Families during the Middle Ages leaving their wealth or property to the eldest son Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Family Life in Pre-Industrial United States • Colonial America: European Colonists – Courtship and Partnering • Bundling – A dating practice in colonial America in which a young man and woman may continue their date by spending the night in a bed together separated by a wooden board – Household Structure – Relationships Between Husbands and Wives – Parenting Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Family Life in Pre-Industrial United States • Mexicans – Familism – Family relationships are paramount and take precedence over individual needs or wants – Compadres – Godparents in the Mexican-American community who serve as coparents to children – Machismo – Mexican-Americans have a long tradition of masculine authority, which is exercised in the home, the workplace, in sexual prowess, and in the raising of children Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Preindustrial Family Life • Describe family patterns found among early Native Americans. In what ways did family life differ from that of the European colonists? • In what ways were gender roles among colonial families similar to those of today? In what ways were they different? • In what ways were African-American families affected by economic cultural, and physical exploitation? • What are some of the primary characteristics of preindustrial, Mexican families? Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

American Families in the 19 th Century • The Changing Nature of the Economy: Industrialization and Urbanization – Industrialization – Transformed an economy from a system based on small family-based agriculture to one of large industrial capital Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

American Families in the 19 th Century • Class Ideology – Separate Spheres – A dominant ideology of 19 th century middle and upper classes that suggested that woman should stay home to rear children and take care of the home while husbands should be the sole breadwinners – Cult of Domesticity - The glorification of women’s domestic role – Example: The 19 th Amendment is Ratified Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Families in the 20 th Century & Beyond • What is meant by the “modern” family and what social and economic changes led to the rise of this family • What are some of the most significant challenges facing post-industrial American families? form? Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Families in the 20 th Century: The Rise of the “Modern” Family – Companionate Family – Built upon mutual affection, sexual attraction, compatibility and personal happiness • National Events: World Wars and the Great Depression – Example: Coming of Age in the Depression Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008

Families in the 20 th Century: The Rise of the “Modern” Family • Post-World War II: The Unique 1950 s – Fertility Rates – The number of births to women • Social Change and the 1960 s and 1970 s Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008