Stephanie Coontz is Professor of Family History at the Evergreen State College. She is the author of numerous books, including Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage.

Maya Parson is a doctoral candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Gabrielle Raley is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Essays on race-ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality in family life by leading names from across the curriculum. The revised and expanded second edition of Stephanie Coontz's American Families remains the best resource available on family diversity.