Marriage: Then and Now John Scanzoni developed a model of marriage that is considered by many to be the preferred norm for American marriages even today. His model was based on specific roles for each partner divided strictly along sexual lines. This model marriage includes a husband who i...

1 The 1960's were a time of great change in American society characterized by ethnic consciousness and civil rights, women's rights and female liberalism, anti-war demonstrations, student protests, and the genesis of the counterculture. A noted speaker once said, "The Cold ...

The All-American family with the wife, the husband, one boy and one girl, the steady income, the nice house, the two-car garage, the family pet, perhaps a Golden Retriever, and of course the white picket fence: all included in what many Americans believe as the "American dream", where l...

It is hard to discuss a subject and analyze that subject when it is an accepted fact that no definition can be agreed upon. The definition of social control or lack of definition is one of those subjects. Many papers have been written, many theories have been proposed and according to Robert Meier...

Commander In Chief: The Hero of the Common People It had been a long time coming. Hopelessly divided by the issue of slavery, thirty-one million American citizens were in 1860 Called upon to elect the 16th President of the United States. The Democratic Party met At its National Party Conventio...