Revision: 4/18/2012 [still under construction]
Supplemental readings are (generally empirical) journal articles that are either available through direct links (if you are off campus you will need a proxy server to access online journals), or I will post the articles to Coursework. If you find that a link to an article doesn’t work, find an alternate link and post that link to Coursework.
Note that the presenting student may choose a different supplementary reading.
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Apr 5 |
class orientation |
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Week 2: |
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Apr 12 |
First half of the class: Required text: Michael Anderson’s Approaches to the History of the Western Family (read the whole book) |
Discussant: Soomin |
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Second half of the class: Supplementary readings on the History of the Family.
Lam, David. 2011. How the World Survived the Population Bomb. Demography 48: 1231-1262
Abrams, Philip. 1972. "The Sense of the Past and the Origins of Sociology." Past and Present:18-32.
Ruggles, Steven. 1994. "The Transformation of the American Family Structure." American Historical Review 99:103-128. |
Discussant: Kate W. on David Lam Maja on Steven Ruggles |
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Week 3: |
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Apr 19 |
First half of the class: Required text: Andrew Cherlin’s Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage (read the whole book) |
Discussant: Maja |
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Second half of the class: Supplementary readings
On Race and Marriage and Single Parenthood Moynihan, Daniel Patrick. 1965. “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action.” US Government Printing Office. |
Discussant: Anna Comerford on Moynihan |
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Week 4: |
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Apr 26 |
First half of the class: Required text: Waite and Gallagher’s The Case for Marriage (read the whole book) |
Discussant: Rosenfeld |
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Second half of the class: Supplementary readings TBA
Becker,
Becker, Gary.; 1974. “A Theory of Marriage, Part II.” Journal of Political Economy 82(2): S11-S26. |
Discussant: Rosenfeld on Becker, part I Presentation of own research: Kate W. |
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Week 5: |
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May 3 |
First half of the class: Required text: Rosenfeld’s The Age of |
Discussant: Anna Comerford |
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Second half of the class: Supplementary readings
Rosenfeld, Michael J. 2008. "Racial, Educational, and Religious Endogamy in Comparative Historical Perspective." Social Forces 87:1-32. |
Soomin on Rosenfeld SF 2008 (or alternate reading TBA) |
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Week 6: |
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May 10 |
First half of the class: Required text: Wallerstein and Blakeslee’s Second Chances (chapters 1-7, 15-18, and the appendix). |
Discussant: Rosenfeld |
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Second half of the class: The effects of Family Structure and Divorce on Children
Rosenfeld, Michael J. 2010. "Nontraditional
Families and Childhood Progress Through School." Demography 47:755-775. Cherlin, Andrew J., Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., et al. 1991. "Longitudinal Studies of Effects of Divorce on Children in Great Britain and the United States." Science 252:1386-1389.
Amato, Paul R., and Jacob Cheadle. 2005. "The Long Reach of Divorce: Divorce and Child Well-Being Across Three Generations." Journal of Marriage and the Family 67:191-206.
On the methodology of studies of divorce and effect on children: Cherlin, Andrew J. 1999. "Going to Extremes: Family Structure, Children's Well-Being, and Social Science." Demography 36:421-428.
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Discussant: Rosenfeld on Amato and Cheadle Maria C. on Cherlin 1999 |
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Week 7: |
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May 17 |
First half of the class: Student research presentations |
Maja on gender and family in
HCMST Soomin on endogamy |
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Second half of the class: Required text: Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique (read chapters 1-6 and ch 14) |
Presenters: Discussant: Kate W. |
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Week 8: |
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May 24 |
First half of the class: Required text: Hochshild and Machung’s The Second Shift (ch 1-6, 16 and 17) |
Discussant: Maria C. |
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Second half of class: Presentation by Rosenfeld “Searching for a Mate: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary” |
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Week 9: |
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May 31 |
First half of the class: Student Presentations |
Presenters: Anna Comerford Maria C. |
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Second half of the class: (left over from a prior week) Amato, Paul R., and Jacob Cheadle. 2005. "The Long Reach of Divorce: Divorce and Child Well-Being Across Three Generations." Journal of Marriage and the Family 67:191-206. And also, possibly: Rosenfeld on “Couple Longevity and Formal Unions in the Era of Same-Sex Marriage” |
Discussant: Rosenfeld |
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Week 10: |
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No class Final papers due by email to Rosenfeld on Monday, June 4 |
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