Making Modern Family

by Edward Shorter

Traces and assesses the discernible factors and determinants of the gradual transformation of the Western family, over the last three hundred years, from extended to nuclear

Genres: History, Family, Nonfiction

369 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Peter Burton]

A very good look at the creation of the nuclear family in the 18th and 19th centuries and of course the culprit or hero is capitalism.Well explained and always interesting.