Working in pairs, refer to Box 5 on page 40 where you will find Michael Anderson’s study of mid-19th century Preston and Tamara Hareven’s study of French Canadian migrants in the American textile industry, from 1880 to 1930. Both studies stressed the importance of the extended family to people who migrated to cities during early industrialisation. Compare the two studies with the … [Read more...]

Increases in the number of couples cohabiting; people remaining single; divorces; lone parent families; same-sex couples and births outside marriage. False the irretrievable breakdown of marriage The decline of the influence of religion in society. Women are having fewer children; they are having them later; more are remaining childless; more births are outside … [Read more...]