Chapter 1: The March of Progress Flashcards
What was LASLETT alternative theory on the nuclear family before the industrial revolution?
Nuclear family was the norm in parts of Europe before industrial revolution.
Family structure helped to produce industrial revolution rather than be a consequence of it.
Nuclear family provided workforce necessary for industry to develop.
What did MCGLONE ET AL. argue about kin outside the family?
They are more important Can provide practical and emotional support: -advice -financial help -assistance with childcare -emotional support in times of crisis
What did the British Social Attitudes reveal about men and women visiting family?
Both men and women see family members weekly or nearly every week.
What was BRANNES’S ‘Beanpole family’ used to describe?
Used to describe families today
Strong intergenerational links between grandparents, children and grandchildren
What did WILLMOTT say about the extended family?
See dispersed extended family as typical
Most people live in nuclear families but have contact with extended family members
What did YOUNG and WILLMOTT family structure changes were caused by?
The process of industrialisation
What was YOUNG and WILLMOTT first stage of family change?
PRE-INDUSTRIAL FAMILY
Family works as a unit of economic production
No separation between work and home
Family members work together
What was YOUNG and WILLMOTT second stage of family change?
EARLY INDUSTRIAL FAMILY
Home and work separated as men go out to work
Women perform domestic role
Extended families have broken up, kinship networks very important
What was YOUNG and WILLMOTT third stage of family change?
SYMMETRICAL FAMILY
Men and women both in employment
Family is unit of consumptions
Family is smaller and more isolate
Joint conjugal roles
What was YOUNG and WILLMOTT fourth stage of family change?
(stage didn’t occur)
ASYMMETRICAL FAMILY: men in leisure outside of the home
Started in higher social status families and diffused down the strata
What did GERSHUNY say about lagged adaptation?
Some families have become symmetrical quicker than others
