Year: 1977
Type: article
Abstract: After many years of neglect, the field of family history has become, during the last 15 years, one of the fastest growing areas of historical research.The quantity and quality of research on the history of the family has greatly increased and improved.Historians are now investi- gating topics such as childbearing, childrearing, labor-force participation, aging, and death within the context of family life in the past.In fact, the field has become so large and so diverse that it is no longer possible to attempt a comprehensive survey of the field in a short essay.Rather than trying to summarize or even comment on the wide variety of issues being raised in the study of family history today, this essay will focus on the efforts during the past 10 years to develop a comprehensive framework for the analysis of family history.Particular attention will be paid to four alternative approaches for studying the
Source: American Behavioral Scientist
Author: Maris A. Vinovskis
Institution: University of Michigan
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2017106968