Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children

by Jabour, Anya

• ISBN13: 9780618214754
• ISBN10: 0618214755
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-07
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Part of the Major Problems in American History series, this text for courses in family history or history of childhood balances its discussion of marriage and gender relations with coverage on children and childhood. Offering a thorough treatment of race, ethnicity, and class from colonial times to the present, this edition grants sustained attention to Native Americans and Latinos. Relating history to larger political events, the text narrative balances coverage of public policy toward families with coverage of the experiences of family life.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Studying Families and Children in Historical Perspective	1	(31)
Essays
Digging Up Family History: Myths, Realities, and Works-in-Progress	3	(11)
John Demos
Mythology and History in the Study of the American Family	14	(9)
Stephanie Coontz
Reflections on the History of Children and Childhood in the Postmodern Era	23	(7)
Joseph M. Hawes
N. Ray Hiner
Further Reading	30	(2)
Marriage, Family, and Kinship in Early America	32	(39)
Documents
Three Europeans Comment on Native American Marriage, Gender, and Kinship, 1600s--1700s	33	(1)
John Smith Describes the ``Naturall Inhabitants of Virginia,'' 1608	33	(1)
Roger Williams Discusses Marriage and Divorce Among New England Indians, 1643	34	(1)
Robert Beverley Defends the Morality of Virginia's Native Americans, 1705	35	(1)
James Mooney Records Traditional Cherokee Myths, 1900	36	(2)
Plymouth Colony Requires All Persons to Live in Families, 1669	38	(1)
Puritan Minister Cotton Mather Describes ``a Family Well-Ordered,'' 1699	39	(1)
Slaves Escape in Search of Family Members, 1750s--1760s	39	(3)
Essays
Matrilineal Kinship Among the Cherokee Indians in the American Southeast	42	(7)
Theda Perdue
Patriarchy and Marriage in Colonial New England	49	(9)
Lisa Wilson
Slavery and Family Life Among African Americans in Eighteenth-Century Maryland	58	(11)
Allan Kulikoff
Further Reading	69	(2)
Children and Childrearing in a Developing Democracy	71	(34)
Documents
Colonial Legislatures Permit Harsh Punishment for Disobedient Children, 1642, 1646, 1654	73	(1)
A Colonial Mother Describes the Custom of Breeching, 1679	74	(1)
English Philosopher John Locke Recommends a Rational Approach to Childrearing, 1693	75	(2)
Laura Wirt's Parents Offer Instruction and Advice, 1810	77	(2)
The Reverend Francis Wayland Describes Discipline, 1831	79	(5)
John J. C. Abbott Gives Advice to Mothers, 1834	84	(1)
Lucy Larcom Remembers the Pangs of Conscience, 1889	85	(1)
Essays
Breaking Wills in Colonial America	86	(10)
Philip Greven
Developing Character in Antebellum America	96	(7)
Anne Scott MacLeod
Further Reading	103	(2)
Marriage and Family in Victorian America	105	(27)
Documents
Eliza Southgate Expresses Her Opinion of Love Matches, 1800	106	(2)
Emma Willard Gives Marital Advice, 1815	108	(1)
Caroline Gilman Recommends Wifely Submission, 1838	109	(2)
Martha Hunter Hitchcock Complains of Loneliness and Illness, 1840--1846	111	(2)
Lizzie Neblett Describes Marriage and Motherhood in Texas, 1860	113	(2)
Essays
Men, Women, and Marriage in the Nineteenth-Century North	115	(6)
E. Anthony Rotundo
Marriage and Family in the Nineteenth-Century South	121	(9)
Anya Jabour
Further Reading	130	(2)
Families in Bondage	132	(35)
Documents
Slave Husbands and Wives Correspond, 1840s--1850s	134	(1)
Frederick Douglass Describes Separation and Sexual Abuse, 1845	135	(1)
Harriet Jacobs Remembers Growing Up a Slave, 1861	136	(2)
Fanny Kemble Reports on Slave Women's Health, 1863	138	(2)
Former Slaves Recall Family Life, 1930s	140	(4)
Essays
Marriage in Slavery	144	(11)
Brenda Stevenson
Motherhood in Slavery	155	(11)
Stephanie J. Shaw
Further Reading	166	(1)
Fathers and Children in the Civil War Era	167	(34)
Documents
A Confederate Father Writes to His Daughter, 1861--1864	168	(6)
A Popular Poem Mourns a Soldier-Father's Death, 1865	174	(1)
Children Play at War, 1863	174	(2)
A Southern Girl Records Her Brothers' Eagerness to Fight, 1861--1862	176	(2)
A Union Veteran Remembers Military Drills and Farewells, 1909	178	(3)
Essays
Fatherhood in the Confederacy	181	(11)
James Marten
Coming of Age in the Union Army	192	(8)
Reid Mitchell
Further Reading	200	(1)
Families on the Frontier	201	(49)
Documents
Harriet Taylor Upton Recalls Pioneer Life, ca. 1870	202	(1)
Margaret Bell Describes Children's Work on the Montana Frontier, ca. 1910	203	(2)
Esperanza Montoya Padilla Details Her Mother's Home and Community Work in the 1920s	205	(3)
Socorro Felix Delgado Describes Family and Religion in Arizona, ca. 1930	208	(4)
The U.S. Government Makes Contradictory Proposals for Educating Indian Children, 1940s	212	(1)
Willard W. Beatty Recommends Education for Leadership, 1942	212	(2)
Congress Suggests That Schools Promote Assimilation, 1944	214	(2)
Essays
Children on the Plains Frontier	216	(8)
Elliott West
Women, Work, and Community in Hispanic New Mexico and Colorado	224	(16)
Sarah Deutsch
Fatherhood and Assimilation Among the Southern Utes	240	(8)
Katherine M. B. Osburn
Further Reading	248	(2)
Children and Child-Savers in Progressive-Era America, 1880--1920	250	(40)
Documents
William P. Letchworth Visits the New York Catholic Protectory, 1876	252	(4)
The Reinhard Committee Investigates Child Labor, 1896	256	(1)
Judge Ben Lindsey Encounters Youthful Criminals, 1894	257	(2)
Psychologist G. Stanley Hall Defines Adolescence, 1904	259	(2)
Sociologists Describe Juvenile Delinquency Among Polish Immigrants, 1918	261	(8)
Essays
Child Abuse and Child Protection in Boston, 1880--1910	269	(10)
Linda Gordon
Female Sexuality and Juvenile Delinquency in Early Twentieth-Century California	279	(10)
Mary E. Odem
Further Reading	289	(1)
The Family and the State: Origins of the Modern Welfare System in the Early Twentieth Century	290	(33)
Documents
Jewish Charitable Organizations Recommend Supporting Mothers and Children at Home, 1910	292	(1)
The New York Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers Demands Government Aid for Poor Women and Children, 1914	293	(2)
The U.S. Children's Bureau Praises ``Home Life,''-1919	295	(2)
The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection Defines Child Welfare as a Community Responsibility, 1930	297	(3)
The International Society of Crippled Children Issues a ``Bill of Rights'' for Disabled Children, 1931	300	(2)
Essays
Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911--1931	302	(9)
Joanne L. Goodwin
The Children's Bureau and Child Welfare During the Great Depression	311	(11)
Kriste Lindenmeyer
Further Reading	322	(1)
The Homefront: American Families During World War II	323	(47)
Documents
A Nisei Daughter Describes Family Life in a Detention Camp, 1942	325	(3)
A Japanese American Student Recalls the Relocation Order, 1942	328	(4)
A Resident of Manzanar Internment Camp Looks Back on Her Wartime and Postwar Experiences, 1940s	332	(4)
Wartime Newlyweds Exchange Love Letters, 1943--1945	336	(4)
A Woman War Worker Describes Work and Family Life, 1944	340	(3)
A Child Care Worker Discusses Her Trials and Triumphs, 1944--1946	343	(5)
Essays
Japanese Families and Japanese American Daughters in World War II Detention Camps	348	(11)
Valerie Matsumoto
Children and Families During World War II	359	(10)
William M. Tuttle Jr.
Further Reading	369	(1)
The 1950s: Family Life in Modern America	370	(36)
Documents
Dr. Benjamin Spock Offers Advice to New Parents, 1946	372	(2)
Americans Describe Marriage and Family as Necessary to Happiness, 1960	374	(1)
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan Bemoans the Breakdown of the Black Family, 1965	375	(3)
Adrienne Rich Recalls the Cultural Promotion of Motherhood in Cold War Era-America, 1976	378	(1)
Marge Piercy Describes a Woman's Response to an Unplanned Pregnancy Before Roe v. Wade, 1982	379	(5)
Essays
Visions of Family Life in Postwar America	384	(11)
Elaine Tyler May
Illegitimacy and Adoption: Black and White Teen Mothers, 1945--1965	395	(9)
Rickie Solinger
Further Reading	404	(2)
The New Immigrant Family, 1965 to the Present	406	(35)
Documents
An Immigrant Daughter Describes Population Control in Puerto Rico in the 1950s	408	(1)
A Puerto Rican Remembers the Move to New York City, 1951	409	(1)
An Elderly Vietnamese Man Despairs of Parent-Child Relations in the United States, 1989	410	(3)
Ba That Explains Changing Power Dynamics in the Vietnamese American Family, 1989	413	(3)
Essays
Puerto Rican Women and Their Families in Chicago	416	(10)
Maura I. Toro-Morn
Vietnamese Parents and Children in Philadelphia	426	(13)
Nazli Kibria
Further Reading	439	(2)
Family Politics in Late-Twentieth-Century America	441	(42)
Documents
The U.S. Supreme Court Defines Women's Right to Choose Abortion, 1973	443	(1)
The National Right to Life Committee Opposes Abortion, 1974	444	(2)
Sociologists Make Predictions About Family Life in the Next Millennium, 1988	446	(8)
Robert Bly Proposes a Cure for Modern Men's ``Softness,'' 1990	454	(3)
Judith Stacey Relates ``The Family Values Fable,'' 1999	457	(3)
Essays
Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood	460	(11)
Kristin Luker
Patriarchy and the Politics of Fatherhood	471	(10)
Robert L. Griswold
Further Reading	481	(2)
Families and Children in Contemporary America	483	(41)
Documents
Two Gay Men Describe Their Relationship, 1989	485	(3)
Kellen Kaiser-Klimist and Her Two Moms Discuss Marriage and Family, 1989, 1991	488	(4)
The U.S. Census Reveals Change and Continuity in Family Life, 2000	492	(8)
Sociologist Michael Kimmel Comments on School Shootings, 2000	500	(2)
Christian Parents Turn to Home-Schooling, 2001	502	(6)
A Toddler's Mother Criticizes ``Toymania,'' 2003	508	(2)
Essays
The Meaning(s) of Marriage in Postmodern America	510	(8)
Nancy F. Cott
Conspicuous Toy Consumption and Modern Childhood	518	(6)
Gary Cross
Further Reading	524