CONTENTS

Introduction

Part I -- Social Reproduction, Education and the Family

• The psycho-dynamics of family life
• The psycho-dynamics of social success
• The socio-dynamics of every day life in families
• The place of families in social reproduction

Part II -- Family Processes in the United States

• Small households and the American nuclear family
• The social construction of local familial patterns
• The family beyond the household
• Families in their interrelationships

Part III -- The Family as Educator

• School work at home
• The familial extension of the School
• The reconstitution of the School in and through families
• Familiar curricula
• Familiar curricula and pedagogies

Part IV -- The State of the Family in the American State

Bibliographic Essay

References