In a massive compendium Writing the Civil War, published in 1998, James M. McPherson
and William J. Cooper gathered essays from numerous scholars of the American Civil War …

The internal dynamics of families have altered dramatically as the family has gradually
shifted from a unit of economic production to a collection of individuals in pursuit of different …

A revolution has taken place in family life since the late 1960s. Today, two-thirds of all
married women with children? and an even higher proportion of single mothers? work …

T t HE study of the family is currently a growth industry in American historical writing. The last
fifteen years have brought a great proliferation of articles, books, and dissertations touching …

TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FAMILY IS tO conduct a rescue mission into
the dreamland of our national selfconcept. No subject is more closely bound up with our …

This volume offers a social historian's view of the Civil War, shifting the focus away from
political and military leaders to look at how the war affected, and was affected by, ordinary …

This article provides fresh insight on the ways in which the American Civil War challenged
and destabilized understandings of familial and gendered power within the Confederate …

In a 1982 review article Daniel Blake Smith proclaimed family history a" growth industry in
American historical writing." 1 Almost a decade later, as family history has become a quieter …

Recent work about the method of family reconstitution and economic history raises serious
doubts about the demographic and economic premises that underlie much of the existing …

In the wake of the class and gang-driven Los Angeles riots, Vice President Dan Quayle
remarked that" the anarchy and lack of structure in our inner cities are testament to how …