"2 Whether the American family resembles other families in the wide world or not is a matter of the American‟s concept of the family. ... A visitor to America wrote: "Domestic life in America has the appearance of being cold and formal."5 It may be useful to mention that the political, economic and social developments which accompanied the growth of the American family affected the changes in the family relations and values. ... Tocqueville prophesies a family of freedom as an escape from artificial feudal relations into a natural harmony of free individuals. ... "10 The Americ...

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