Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Family and Community in North American Society

HIST 4465  Family and Community in North American Society

Prerequisites:

Restricted to students in an Honours program with 84 credits completed.

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week.

Credits:

6

Description:

This course examines the history of family and community broadly defined from the 18th to the 20th century. Course content is focused on, but not necessarily limited to, the Canadian context. Themes examined may include: family and household structure, courtship and marriage, life cycles (childhood, adolescence, old age), family roles, kinship, family celebrations and domestic occasions, the creation of community, social networks and structures, voluntary-based communities, and community celebrations.