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by Joseph Kirk Folsom. 604 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Joseph Kirk Folsom

Publisher:

   John Wiley & Sons

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1934
Subjects:   Family, Social History, Marriage
Table of contents
CONTENTS
PART I THE FAMILY PATTERN AND ITS SUBCULTURAL BASIS
I
II THE FAMILY PATTERN 1
III BASIC DEFINITIONS: CULTURE AND THE SUBCULTURAL. 35
1 Man
2 Society
3 Culture
IV LOVE AND PERSONALITY FORMATION 54
1 Human needs, satisfactions, and suffering
2 The nature and kinds of love
3 Frustration and personality change
V LOVE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION: UNIVERSAL PATTERNS 91
PART II THE CULTURAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE FAMILY
I THE PRE-HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE FAMILY . . . 111
1 Theories of family evolution
2 A survey of cultural variations in the family
II THE FAMILY IN HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATIONS 144
1 The history of the Euro-American family
2 Modern European family patterns
3 Asiatic family patterns
PART III SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE FAMILY
I THE FAMILY IN MODERN SOCIAL CHANGE 173
1 The process of social change
2 The changes caused by mechanical invention
I
II THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOVERY: MODERN INDIVIDUALISM 215
PART IV FAMILY PROBLEMS AND MASS READJUSTMENTS
I THE PROBLEM OF CONTROLLING REPRODUCTION 235
1 Introduction to family problems in general
2 The problem of excessive reproduction
3 The problem of dysgenic reproduction
4 The problem of insufficient reproduction
II THE ECONOMICS OF CHILDREN AND THE HOME 271
1 The care of children
2 The reorganization of women's labor
III MARRIAGE AND MATE-FINDING 312
1 The mating problem: its possible solutions
2 Marriage and non-marriage in the light of statistics
3 The problem of selecting partners
4 Marriage legislation
IV DIVORCE 356
1 Humane divorce as a proposed solution
2 Trends in divorce law
3 Trends in divorce fact
V THE LOVE MORES 396
Increasing immorality or changing mores?
The facts of the change
The forces involved in the change
PART V FAMILY PROBLEMS AND INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTMENTS
I FAMILY DISORGANIZATION AND PERSONALITY 429
1 The extent and individual causes of marriage failure
2 Similarities and differences between mates
I
II MARITAL ROLES, FRUSTRATIONS, AND INTERACTION 455
1 Personality patterns and interactional roles
2 Marital frustrations
3 The marital interaction process
III THE PARENT-CHILD RELATION 501
1 Children and their problems
2 The interaction between parent and child
IV EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT 532
PART VI THE CULTURAL FUTURE
I THE FUTURE OF THE FAMILY SYSTEM 549
II APPENDIX 577
III INDEX 585
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