Brings together articles and sections of books that reflect all facets of the new history of the family.

The American family has come a long way from the days of the idealized family portrayed in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s. The four volumes of T

Growing Up in America offers substantial and dramatic evidence that the history of childhood has come of age. Its authors demonstrate the breadth and depth of i

An examination of how the concept of “family” has been transformed over the last three centuries in the U.S., from its function as primary social unit to to