This page is intended as a study help for those taking the Marriage and the Family Course. There is Supplemental Material in addition to the Syllabus and some Marriage and Family Links. This page will be updated as needed.  Please refer to it often!

The Text for this class is Sociology of Marriage and the Family: Gender, Love and Property by Scott Coltrane and Randall Collins. Wadsworth Pub. Co. 2001.
and
Marriage, a History : from Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz, Viking Press, 2005.

Syllabus

WebCT

Supplemental Material

Michael Kearl’s Guide to the Sociology of the Family: http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html

Definitions of Love and Quotes about Love http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/love.html

Theories of Love (Outline) http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/love2.html

S Horsfall’s Lecture on Love (Outline) http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/love3.html

Information on cohabitation http://www.smartmarriages.com/cohabit.html

Notes on Stephanie Coontz’s Book http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/coontz.html

Notes on Edward Shorter’s Book http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/shorter.html

History of the Family Quarterly http://www.elvesier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620196/description#description

Roman Family http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa081997.htm?pid=2817&cob=home

Roman Mixed Marriages ftp://ftp.epas.utoronto.ca/pub/cch/phoenix/v47.2-1993/Grubbs.html

The Census Guide to Households and Families http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

National Survey of American Families http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/snapshots_index.html

Supplemental Material: Gender http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/extra2.html

Center for Work and Family Research at Penn State http://www.ssri.psu.edu/cwfr/

Boston Center for Work and Family http://www.bc.edu/centers/cwf/

Kunz Center for the Study of Work and Family http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/sociology/kunzctr/

Work and Family Connection http://www.workfamily.com/

Families and Work Institute http://www.familiesandwork.org/

Supplemental Material: Games http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/extra1.html

Family Counseling Sites http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/shopping_and_services/health/mental_health/counseling_and_therapy/clinics_and_practices/groups_and_centers/family_services/

Imago Therapy http://www.imagotherapy.com/

Smart Marriages http://www.smartmarriages.com

Relationship Web http://www.relationshipweb.com/

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/index.html

National Network to End Domestic Violence http://www.nnedv.org/

SC Family Violence Intervention Agencies http://hadm.sph.sc.edu/students/kbelew/fvplan.htm

Abused Woman’s Aid in Crisis http://www.awaic.org/links.html

Muslim perspective on Family Abuse http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_dv.htm

Husband battering http://www.menweb.org/throop/battery/battery.html

Questions and Answers on Domestic Violence http://www.allaboutcounseling.com/domestic_violence.htm

Feminist Majority Foundation Domestic Violence http://www.feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html

Safe Horizon http://www.victimservices.org/

Canadian Center for Children and Families in the Criminal Justice System http://www.lfcc.on.ca/

National Network to End Domestic Violence http://www.nnedv.org

Fact Sheet on Parents and Children http://web.txwesleyan.edu/sociology/horsfall/facts.html

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov

US Dept Health Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/

Natural Family Planning http://www.fertilityuk.org/

The National Parenting Center http://www.tnpc.com

Children’s Health http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/ch-se_e.html

Research Forum on Children and Families http://www.researchforum.org

Campaign for our Children http://www.cfoc.org

US Census Bureau – Poverty http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html

Natl Center for Health Statistics – Unmarried childbearing http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/unmarry.htm

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy http://www.teenpregnancy.org/

APA Links on Stepfamilies http://www.psychnet.org/parenting/stepfamily.html

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