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HIST252
Family Life in World History
HIST252 SP
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 SP
A survey of the varieties of family life and their
historical development from pre-history to the present.
Topics to be covered include: biological determinants of
family life; varieties of kinship and social structure;
family and household; frequency and age at marriage;
inheritance practices; relationship of family structure to
migration and emigration; the family mode of production and
the transition to industrialization; romantic love and
sexuality; alternatives to family living, such as
communitarian socialism; and the family as educational
institution.
MAJOR READINGS
William J. Woode, WORLD REVOLUTION AND
FAMILY PATTERNS
Stuart Queen and Robert Habenstein, THE FAMILY IN VARIOUS
CULTURES
Peter Laslett, THE WORLD WE HAVE LOST
Peter Laslett and Richard Wall, eds., HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY
IN PAST TIMES
Friedrich Engels, ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY,
AND THE STATE
Francoise Zonabend, et al., HISTOIRE DE LA FAMILLE
(translated sections)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One hour examination and final
examination mandatory; second hour examination optional.
Students also have the option of writing a term paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Twenty spaces
reserved for students who have taken SISP101: "The Human
Population."
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class meeting, they will be dropped from the class
list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add
form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
In most of 19th century moralists' view, society rested upon
the family
Reference:
Briggs, Asa. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE
CONTRADICTIONS OF
PROGRESS, London: McGraw-Hill, 1970 and THE BEST
OF LIFE, New
York: Time-Life Books, 1973 (page 237)
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