| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Family: Origins | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Epoch of Savagery: Consanguine Family and Punalua Family | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Epoch of Barbarism: The Paring Family | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Epoch of Civilization: The Monogamy | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter 2 American Families before Industrialization: Extended Family | 第27-34页 |
| ·Rich Land and Low Productivity | 第27-29页 |
| ·Extended Family | 第29页 |
| ·Imbalance of Status within Family | 第29-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Industrialization and Nuclear Family | 第34-44页 |
| ·Phase I Industrialization: 1776 to 1860 | 第34-35页 |
| ·Phase II Industrialization: After Civil War | 第35-37页 |
| ·1950s Nuclear Family: Increasing Needs of Love andEsteem | 第37-44页 |
| Chapter 4 American Family after 1960s: A Diversity | 第44-60页 |
| ·Prepotent Forces to Influence Family Life | 第44-49页 |
| ·Diversified Families: Result of the Prepotency of Love & Esteem | 第49-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| Notes | 第63-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
