SOCL 2505 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: New Youth, Individualism, Baby Boomers
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Chapter 2 notes the history of family. The study of the family: began in the 1960s, women & gender, public family as old as civilization. What do families do: ensure order, defend against outsiders, provide labor, assist others in group, recruit new members. Family structure: historical changes, economic changes, power changes, social changes. Families vary across societies and throughout time: each family structure is dependent on its socio-historical context. A look at societies: history recognizes 5 major types of societies in different parts of the world and time periods, while 5 are distinguished and discussed here, variations of each type have also existed. Hunting & gathering: small wandering groups of a few hundred people or less, prevailed during the stone age, survives today in remote areas. The family tends to be a simple unit: women gathered and men hunted. Advanced horticulture and plow culture: metal tools, complex stratification system, complex family systems, classes emerge based on land ownership.
