Inside the Castle: Law and the Family in 20th Century America

by Joanna L. Grossman and Lawrence M. Friedman

Book Overview

A comprehensive social history of families and family law in twentieth-century America

Inside the Castle is a comprehensive social history of twentieth-century family law in the United States. Joanna Grossman and Lawrence Friedman show how vast, oceanic changes in society have reshaped and reconstituted the American family. Women and children have gained rights and powers, and novel forms of family life have emerged. The family...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691149828
• ISBN13: 9780691149820
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"