Understanding Families : Diversity, Continuity and Change Book

	Preface
Pt. 1	Studying Families	1
Ch. 1	Studying the Family	3
Ch. 2	Kinship and Society	37
Pt. 2	Social Change and Families	65
Ch. 3	Historical Perspective on American Families	67
Ch. 4	Gender Roles and the Family	95
Ch. 5	Subcultural Variations: Ethnicity and American Families	135
Ch. 6	Social Class and Families	167
Pt. 3	The Institution of Marriage	197
Ch. 7	Mate Selection	199
Ch. 8	Marriage and Marital Issues	229
Ch. 9	Sex and Society	263
Pt. 4	The Institution of Family	297
Ch. 10	The Parenting Years	299
Ch. 11	The Middle Years	325
Ch. 12	The Retirement Years	351
Pt. 5	Crises in Families	385
Ch. 13	Divorce and Remarriage	387
Ch. 14	Death in Families	421
Ch. 15	Family Violence	465
Pt. 6	Family Policy	493
Ch. 16	Politics Around the Dinner Table: Families and Public Policy	495
	Appendix: Two Research Examples Illustrating the Conduct of Inquiry in the Sociology of the Family	539
	Index	558