SOC 3371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Contiguous United States, John Putnam Demos, Mexican Americans

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3371
• Professor: Luis Salinas

Document Summary

Began in 1960: philippe ari s, published a book about the history of childhood. John demos: argued that children were not recognized as a special group with specific needs, interests, and capacities. American families before 1776: american indian families, families of european colonists, families of african slaves. American indian families: the primacy of the tribes. American indian: indigenous people who were living in the territory that later became the 48 contiguous united states. Lineages: form of kinship group in which descent is traced through either the father"s or the mother"s line: patrilineage: descent is through father"s line, matrilineage: descent is through mother"s line. Lineage and clan organization helped: strengthen social order, protect individuals against unfriendly outsiders. European colonists: the primacy of the public family 1. Western nations were dominated by smaller kinship groups: conjugal family: husband, wife, and children, extended family: conjugal family plus other relatives present in the household.