Transitions. The Family and the Life Course in Historical Perspective

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages ix-x
Foreword, Pages xi-xv, Charles Tilly
Preface, Pages xvii-xviii, Tamara K. Hareven
Acknowledgments, Pages xix-xx, Tamara K. Hareven
Introduction: The Historical Study of the Life Course, Pages 1-16, TAMARA K. HAREVEN
1 - Family History and the Life Course, Pages 17-64, GLEN H. ELDER Jr.
2 - Changing Configurations of the Life Course, Pages 65-97, PETER UHLENBERG
3 - The Setting: The Essex County Context, Pages 99-112, JOHN MODELL, HOWARD P. CHUDACOFF
4 - Marriage and Family Formation, Pages 113-133, BENGT ANKARLOO
5 - From Fireside to Factory: School Entry and School Leaving in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts, Pages 135-185, CARL F. KAESTLE, MARIS A. VINOVSKIS
6 - Women's Work and the Life Course in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1880, Pages 187-216, KAREN OPPENHEIM MASON, MARIS A. VINOVSKIS, TAMARA K. HAREVEN
7 - Family Transitions into Old Age, Pages 217-243, HOWARD P. CHUDACOFF, TAMARA K. HAREVEN
8 - Transitions: Patterns of Timing, Pages 245-269, JOHN MODELL, TAMARA K. HAREVEN
9 - Economic Perspectives on the Life Course, Pages 271-286, STANLEY ENGERMAN
10 - Comparative Notes on the Life Course, Pages 287-296, ROBERT A. LEVINE
Index, Pages 297-304
STUDIES IN SOCIAL DISCONTINUITY, Pages ibc1-ibc2