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First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
List of contents
Contents: Part I:Rethinking Our Conceptual Models.E. Aerts, Bringing the Institution Back In.
A. Skolnick, Changes of Heart: Family Dynamics in Historical Perspective.
D.A. Hansen, The Child in Family and School: Agency and the Workings of Time.
L.M. Burton, C.B. Stack, Conscripting Kin: Reflections on Family, Generation, and Culture.
G.A. De Vos, A Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Japanese Family as a Unit in Moral Socialization.
P.S. Fass, Perspectives on Family Theory: Families in History and Beyond.
A. Lawson, Perspectives on Family Theory: New Myths From Old.
Part II:Rethinking Research on Nuclear Families.P.A. Cowan, C.P. Cowan, P.K. Kerig, Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and Daughters: Gender Differences in Family Formation and Parenting Style.
J.R. Johnston, Family Transitions and Children's Functioning: The Case of Parental Conflict and Divorce.
G.E. Swanson, The Structuring of Family Decision-Making: Personal and Societal Sources and Some Consequences for Children.
M.J. Moorehouse, Work and Family Dynamics.
S. Crockenberg, Perspectives on Research in the Early Years of Family Life: Costs and Benefits of Nontraditional Variations.
Part III:Rethinking Research on Family Networks in Middle and Old Age.R. McCaslin, An Intergenerational Family Congruence Model.
C.L. Johnson, The Prolongation of Life and the Extension of Family Relationships: The Families of the Oldest Old.
D. Field, M. Minkler, The Importance of Family in Advanced Old Age: The Family is "Forever."
L. Carstensen, Perspective on Research With Older Families: Contributions of Older Adults to Families and to Family Theory.
Part IV:Case Studies: Their Role in Theory and Research.C.F. Settlage, D.H. Silver, J. Afterman, K. Hart, K. Nelson, Developmental Process: Mother-Child and Father-Child Interaction During the Second Year of Life.
I.S. Bradburn, J.A. Kaplan, Continuity and Change in the Transition to Parenthood: A Tale of Two Families.
J.A. Clausen, The Life and Family of Karl Schulz.
N.J. Chodorow, Perspectives on the Use of Case Studies: All it Takes is One.
Part V:Toward a New Agenda for Family Research.P.A. Cowan, D.A. Hansen, G.E. Swanson, D. Field, A. Skolnick, Issues in Defining a Research Agenda for the 1990s.
About the author
Philip A. Cowan, Dorothy Field, Donald A. Hansen, Arlene Skolnick, Guy E. Swanson
