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| Preface | |
| Rethinking Our Conceptual Models | |
| Bringing the Institution Back In | p. 3 |
| Changes of Heart: Family Dynamics in Historical Perspective | p. 43 |
| The Child in Family and School: Agency and the Workings of Time | p. 69 |
| Conscripting Kin: Reflections on Family, Generation, and Culture | p. 103 |
| A Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Japanese Family as a Unit in Moral Socialization | p. 115 |
| Perspectives on Family Theory: Families in History and Beyond | p. 143 |
| Perspectives on Family Theory: New Myths From Old | p. 153 |
| Rethinking Research on Nuclear Families | |
| Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and Daughters: Gender Differences in Family Formation and Parenting Style | p. 165 |
| Family Transitions and Children's Functioning: The Case of Parental Conflict and Divorce | p. 197 |
| The Structuring of Family Decision-Making: Personal and Societal Sources and Some Consequences for Children | p. 235 |
| Work and Family Dynamics | p. 265 |
| Perspectives on Research in the Early Years of Family Life: Costs and Benefits of Nontraditional Variations | p. 287 |
| Rethinking Research on Family Networks in Middle and Old Age | |
| An Intergenerational Family Congruence Model | p. 295 |
| The Prolongation of Life and the Extension of Family Relationships: The Families of the Oldest Old | p. 317 |
| The Importance of Family in Advanced Old Age: The Family is "Forever" | p. 331 |
| Perspective on Research With Older Families: Contributions of Older Adults to Families and to Family Theory | p. 353 |
| Case Studies: Their Role in Theory and Research | |
| Developmental Process: Mother-Child and Father-Child Interaction During the Second Year of Life | p. 363 |
| Continuity and Change in the Transition to Parenthood: A Tale of Two Families | p. 385 |
| The Life and Family of Karl Schulz | p. 417 |
| Perspectives on the Use of Case Studies: All it Takes is One | p. 453 |
| Toward a New Agenda for Family Research | |
| Issues in Defining a Research Agenda for the 1990s | p. 465 |
| Author Index | p. 483 |
| Subject Index | p. 495 |
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