{"title":"Method and confusion in the study of the household: a review.","authors":"James E. Smith","doi":"10.1080/01615440.1989.10594179","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A critical review is presented of the study by Steven Ruggles entitled Prolonged Connections: the Rise of the Extended Family in Nineteenth-Century England and America. The debate concerns the evidence for the prevalence of the nuclear family in the past. (ANNOTATION)","PeriodicalId":45535,"journal":{"name":"Historical Methods","volume":"22 1","pages":"57-60"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"1989-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/01615440.1989.10594179","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Historical Methods","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01615440.1989.10594179","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A critical review is presented of the study by Steven Ruggles entitled Prolonged Connections: the Rise of the Extended Family in Nineteenth-Century England and America. The debate concerns the evidence for the prevalence of the nuclear family in the past. (ANNOTATION)
期刊介绍:
Historical Methodsreaches an international audience of social scientists concerned with historical problems. It explores interdisciplinary approaches to new data sources, new approaches to older questions and material, and practical discussions of computer and statistical methodology, data collection, and sampling procedures. The journal includes the following features: “Evidence Matters” emphasizes how to find, decipher, and analyze evidence whether or not that evidence is meant to be quantified. “Database Developments” announces major new public databases or large alterations in older ones, discusses innovative ways to organize them, and explains new ways of categorizing information.