Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

Or all of the following:

2. Burch and Patterson, American Social Problems, chapter xxii.

3. Ellwood, Sociology and Modern Social Problems, chapters v, vi, vii, and viii.

4. Goodsell, The Family as a Social and Educational Institution, chapters xi, xii, and xiii.

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. Discuss the origin of human marriage. (Ellwood, pages 97-108.)

2. Distinguish between the maternal and paternal types of family. (Ellwood, pages 110-128.)

3. What was the character of the early Roman family? (Ellwood, pages 132-138.)

4. What influence has Christianity exerted upon the family? (Ellwood, pages 142-144.)

5. Summarize the ways in which industry may disintegrate the family. (Goodsell, pages 461-464.)