Family and Social Change

This book examines the effects of nineteenth-century industrialization on the strength of relationships within the family and between generations. Dr. Janssens' quantitative approach based on Dutch population registers reveals a new perspective: although family life did go through some changes early industrialization did not lead to the destruction of nineteenth-century family life as the traditionally dominant view contended. This innovative study also illuminates wider social issues--the nature of hierarchies class structure and household organization.