Marriage, Domestic Life and Social Change: Writings for Jacqueline Burgoyne, 1944-88

Marriage, Domestic Life and Social Change is an important tribute to the life and work of Jacqueline Burgoyne, a major figure in family studies in Britain who died in 1988 aged forty three. The book includes an appreciation of her life by the editor and one of her previously unpublished papers on couple relationships. The other contributions are from friends and colleagues of Jacqueline Burgoyne, all well-known in the field of family studies. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, history, psychology, social work and psychotherapy, they provide a comprehensive review of changes in domestic life in Britain since the second world war. The subjects explored range from the major demographic trends relating to marriage and the family over the last forty years, through the key themes in family research in the 1980s, to investigations of the inner world of marriage, from psychodynamic and sociological perspectives.