SOC271 Study Guide - Final Guide: Making Money, Nuclear Family, Lawrence English
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Major trends (first nations and european contact, rural to urban, social reforms, five waves of immigration) Affect marriage rates (numbers go down because of uncertainty. Affect divisions of labour and living patters (affects urbanization, has impact on family life. The industrialization we saw changes between relationships in the family ex. Move from rural style of life to an urban style of life) Affect marriage and childbearing (during booms, either people get married at a higher rate and at younger, or they fall because people are very busy making money and don"t have time to get married. Affect intergenerational relations (demographic changes, make average ages being older, 1. 7 children per house, big changes and age pyramid of the family. ) European men incorporated into first nations families. First nations as source of knowledge for new european families. Example of country marriage: john tod and sophia lolo in 1842. May have been daughter of an hbc interpreter.