TY - BOOK AU - Fletcher,Ronald TI - The family and marriage in Britain: an analysis and moral assessment. T2 - Pelican books SN - 0140207791 AV - HQ613.F55 PY - 1973/// CY - Harmondsworth PB - Penguin KW - Families KW - Great Britain N1 - First published in 1962 under title: The Family and marriage; Includes index; Bibliography: p. [275]-278; Contents: Introduction -- The family as a social group -- The family and industrialization: Sociological generalizations -- The family and industrialization in britain: The family before industrialization -- The immediate effects of industrialization -- Subsequent changes social reforms -- The contemporary british family -- Relationships in the contemporary family: Husband and wife -- Parents and children -- Old people and their younger families -- The family and wider kinship relationships -- The family and the wider social roles of its members -- Some conclusions: The functions of the family -- Attitudes towards social policy -- Research -- The future of the family -- Appendix: Introduction to the first edition notes -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index ER -