Society and Family Strategy

Erie County, New York 1850-1920

Häftad, Engelska, 1987

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Beskrivning

Using one of the largest quantitative data bases ever compiled on a single representative community, Stern explains and substantiates the reasons for the decline of the fertility rate during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He integrates demographic and social history to determine the implications of this aspect of the modernization of America. Society and Family Strategy describes the impact of capitalism, and changing class and ethnic structure on family economy, life cycle, and ideology. The author evaluates recent studies by social historians on the family, social class, and ethnicity in light of the Erie County experience, examines theories of social and cultural change, and proposes a non-evolutionary model of their relationship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1987-07-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780887064968

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Mark J. Stern is Associate Professor of Social Welfare and History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Recensioner i media

"This is an authoritative study, provocative and controversial in its methodology and theoretical argumentation, and certain to become a classic in its field." — William R. Taylor, State University of New York at Stony Brook"Stern's approach and his argument make Society and Family Strategy essential reading in one of the liveliest fields of social history—the study of class formation."— Clyde Griffen, Vassar College

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Explaining the Decline in Fertility 2. Economic and Social Development of Buffalo, 1850-1920 3. Differential Fertility in Erie County: Occupation and Ethnicity 4. Schooling and Fertility in Erie County 5. Rural Fertility in Erie County 6. Conclusion: Fertility and Social History Notes Bibliography Index