Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and indexes.
Contents
The family and popular culture in America -- Coming together and coming apart : the development of the American family -- From vaudeville to radio : the family in popular culture -- Love and marriage, horse and carriage : the family in postwar America -- Development of the television family : spousal relations -- Development of the television family : parent-child and sibling relations -- Minorities on television : a tale of two groups -- Is something wrong in suburbia?