26943		11:15-12:30	TR			ALTER
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In every era, the family has served as the most basic human
institution, but it has always been subject to other forces in
society, such as religion, politics, the economy, and the tragic
consequences of high death rates.  This course traces the history of
the European family from 1500 to the early twentieth century.  We
will examine changes in the relationships within the family
(parent/child, husbands/wives) and the changing role of the family in
society.  Among the topics to be discussed are courtship, marriage,
child rearing, child labor, the origins of family limitation and
birth control, the definitions of male and female roles, and the
effects of other institutions (community, church, schools, state) on
the family.  Readings will include contemporary novels and original
sources from the nineteenth century and earlier.