HDFS202 Lecture 19: Diversity and Families 9:19:16
5 Oct 2016
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Patrilineage vs. matrilineage (things passed down from father"s line/ from mother"s line) Stem family- keep wealth; land; power; name of family together (why o oldest son typically got inheritance- sometimes still seen in the upper class) o has more than 1 husband) Polygyny (when a man has more than 1 wife); polyandry (when a woman. 18 million and spoke 300 languages o o. Most tribes were patrilineal (tracing descent through the father"s. Europeans colonists played a major role in destroying much of american indian culture. Arrived in 1620 (from england) by ship. Protestants with strict moral and religious values. Believed in right of community to intervene in family affairs: o o. Nuclear: 6-7 children but few survived (poor conditions on ships coming over again) Early european settlers brought with them the key features of european tradition: Typically, young and single men came over or small nuclear families o o o. Colonists lived in large households: o o.
