Families against the City: Middle Class Homes of Industrial Chicago, 1872-1890

Richard Sennett

Published by Harvard University Press 1970

Families against the City

Middle Class Homes of Industrial Chicago, 1872-1890

Richard Sennett

In the series Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674433168

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE TO THE 1984 EDITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	x
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One Prologue: The Development of Union Park’s Home Life
1. THE FULLNESS OF LIFE: UPPER CLASS FAMILIES IN UNION PARK BEFORE THE GREAT FIRE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. A CHANGE IN OBJECTIVE CONDITIONS: WHY UNION PARK BECAME A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. LITTLE ISLANDS OF PROPRIETY: MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY LIFE IN UNION PARK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Part Two: The Patterns of a Year
4. UNION PARK’S PLACE IN A MODERN DEBATE ABOUT FAMILIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. ELEMENTARY CONDITIONS OF FAMILY AND LABOR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
6. THE STAGES OF FAMILY LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
7. THE TIES OF FAMILY AND WORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Part Three: Social Mobility and Intense Family Life
8. TRACING FAMILIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
9. THE SOCIAL MOBILITY OF TWO GENERATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
10. THE EVOLUTION OF FAMILY INTENSITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
11. UNION PARK FAMILIES AND THE CULTURE OF INDUSTRIAL CITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Technical Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
PUBLICATIONS OF THE JOINT CENTER FOR URBAN STUDIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1970
Edition: 2nd printing 1984. Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 258
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Tables: 19
- Other: illustrated
Keywords: Middle class families -- Illinois -- Chicago.; Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674433168

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1970
ISBN: 9780674433151