pt. I. Introductory -- Kinship -- Marriage -- Family -- The "fit" between family and society -- The family and individual mobility -- pt. II. Exploratory -- The English family before industrialisation -- Family and industrialisation -- The character of English family life before industrialisation -- Distinguishing family types in capitalist-industrial society -- The household and family under capitalism -- Official statistics and the decline of the family -- The sociology of the elementary family
