Machine derived contents note: Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. The Area of Kinship: 1. The domestic group -- 2. Kinship and kinship groups -- 3. Kin relationships in urban society -- Part II. The making of the domestic group: 4. The historical sociology of marriage -- 5. Marriage and divorce in contemporary society -- 6. The child and the family -- Part III. Domestic Roles and Activities: 7. Roles within the couple in the nineteenth century -- 8. Roles within the present-day couple -- 9. The domestic group and economic roles -- 10. Family and society -- Notes -- Index