Family and Population in 19th Century America / / ed. by Maris A. Vinovskis, Tamara K. Hareven.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• MitwirkendeR: Alter, George,; Chudacoff, Howard P.,; Condran, Gretchen A.,; Easterlin, Richard A.,; Engerman, Stanley L.,; Glasco, Laurence,; Hareven, Tamara K.,; Modell, John,; Vinovskis, Maris A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Hareven, Tamara K.,; Vinovskis, Maris A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Quantitative Studies in History ; 1446
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (266 p.)

Representing new approaches to the study of the family and historical demography, this collection of essays analyzes the relationships of demographic processes in different population groups to household structure and family organization, and their implications for family behavior. Emphasizing dynamic rather than structural factors, the essays thus move beyond earlier studies of family history. Essays by the editors, Richard Easterlin, George Alter, Gretchen Condran, and Stanley Engerman focus on patterns of fertility in relation to urban and industrial development, economic opportunity and the availability of land, and race and ethnic origin. The remaining essays, by Laurence Glasco, Howard Chudacoff, and John Modell, deal with family organization over time as affected by such factors as the practice of boarding, the role of kin, family budgeting strategy, and migration. The authors not only challenge the prevailing assumption that rapid urbanization is responsible for the decline in the fertility rate; they also contend that, contrary to the prevailing theories of social change, the emergence of nuclear households was not a consequence of industrialization.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Series Preface -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Farms and Farm Families in Old and New Areas: The Northern States in 1860 -- 2. Patterns of Childbearing in Late Nineteenth-Century America: The Determinants of Marital Fertility in Five Massachusetts Towns in 1880 -- 3. Changes in Black Fertility, 1880-1940 -- 4. Migration and Adjustment in the Nineteenth-Century City: Occupation, Property, and Household Structure of Native- born Whites, Buffalo, New York, 1855 -- 5. Newly weds and Family Extension: The First Stage of the Family Cycle in Providence, Rhode Island, 1864-1865 and 1879-1880 -- 6. Patterns of Consumption, Acculturation, and Family Income Strategies in Late Nineteenth-Century America -- Contributors -- Index