the family in history Flashcards
1
Q
recent changes in relation to historical trends (4)
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- people live longer
- people have fewer children
- family members perform fewer functional tasks at home
- more diversity
2
Q
prehistory
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flexible family arrangements have always been a crucial element of human life
3
Q
european themes brought to America
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- prominent religious regulation by Christian churches
- extreme inequality and separate worlds of the rich and poor
- family relations were for political and economic reasons
- patriarchy
4
Q
colonial americans
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- marriage as an arrangement of necessity
- coverture (wives incorporated into husbands’ citizenship
- big families
Calvinist views
5
Q
african american families
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- slavery disrupted cultural groups
- despite the odds, most enslaved people lived in families
- most enslaved people married
6
Q
the emerging modern family (1820-1900)
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- more individualism and personal freedom
- separate spheres
- courtship
- children per family dropped
- fewer infants died
- children as blank slates
- monogamous morality by law
7
Q
african americans post emancipation
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- extreme poverty
- many spouses reunited and married
- more gender equality than white families
- more fragile marriages
- stronger extended family networks
8
Q
chinese americans
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- gold-rush; men with their wives and children still in China
- Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
9
Q
mexican americans
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- Mexican-American War in 1848
- mostly poor farmers
- long periods of separation in the family; precursor to familism
10
Q
the modern family (1900-1960s)
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- trying to build companionship families
- dating
- demand of family wages
- economic incentives for marriage
11
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independence: state
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independence: the role of citizen and the rights it prescribes
12
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independence: market
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independence: the role of the worker
risks: freedom to contract labor allows employers to fire and hire without regard for loyalty
