Journal of Family History
For over three decades, the Journal of Family History has been the leading resource for scholars interested in the history of the family. Today, JFH continues to be the most important forum for international research on family, kinship and population. Its focus encompasses work from a variety of perspectives, including gender, sexuality, race, class, and culture.
Interdisciplinary Scholarship
JFH focuses on historically based studies on family, kinship, and demography, featuring valuable contributions from the following fields:
- Anthropology
- Cultural Studies
- Demography
- Economics
- Family Studies
- Gender Studies
- History
- Law
- Literature
- Policy Studies
- Political Science
- Religion
- Sociology
Comprehensive Coverage
Offering an extensive representation of the various perspectives on the history of the family, the journal publishes interdisciplinary, comparative, monographic, and interpretive work, drawing from both recent history and more distant periods. Regular features include: * Articles * Book Review Section * Debates * Research Notes * Review Essays * Thematic Symposia
International Reputation
Published in association with the National Council on Family Relations, JFH has earned an international reputation for publishing the best research by top scholars world-wide. JFH is essential reading for historians of the family as well as scholars from other disciplines whose interests lie in various aspects of the family.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Journal of Family History is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes scholarly research from an international perspective concerning the family as a historical social form, with contributions from the disciplines of history, gender studies, economics, law, political science, policy studies, demography, anthropology, sociology, liberal arts, and the humanities. Themes including gender, sexuality, race, class, and culture are welcome. Its contents, which will be composed of both monographic and interpretative work (including full-length review essays and thematic fora), will reflect the international scope of research on the history of the family. The journal will disseminate research on recent history that helps inform social debate and policy, as well as work on more distant periods. Timely articles, debates, and reviews will keep readers abreast of currents in theory, methodology, and interpretation.
| Roderick Phillips | Carleton University , Canada |
| Stephanie Coontz | The Evergreen State College, USA |
| John R Gillis | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA |
| Robert Griswold | University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
| Karen Offen | The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford, USA |
| Sonya Rose | Anthropology, University of Michigan, Emeritus |
| David Sabean | UCLA, USA |
| Massimo Livi Bacci | University of Florence, Italy |
| Carlfred B. Broderick | University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles |
| Barbara Brookes | University of Otago, New Zealand |
| Joan E. Cashin | Ohio State University, USA |
| Hubert Charbonneau | University of Montreal, Canada |
| Natalie Davis | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Salustiano del Campo Urbano | Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain |
| John Demos | Yale University, USA |
| Philip J. Greven Jr. | Rutgers University, USA |
| A. James Hammerton | La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Karen Hansen | Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA |
| Olwen Hufton | European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy |
| Mark Hutter | Rowan College of New Jersey, Glassboro, USA |
| Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie | College of France, Paris, France |
| Gerda Lerner | University of Wisconsin - Madison, Chile |
| Katherine Lynch | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA |
| John Mogey | Arizona State University, West |
| Anne O'Brien | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Marvin B. Sussman | University of Delaware, USA |
| Pat Thane | University of Sussex, Brighton, UK |
| Stephan Thernstrom | Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| Jan Trost | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| David Troyansky | Brooklyn College and the Graduate School, City University of New York |
| Randolph Trumbach | City University of New York, Graduate Center |
| Wolfgang Voegeli | Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Politik, Hamburg, Germany |
| Robert Wheaton | Concord, Massachusetts, USA |
| Arthur P. Wolf | Sociology, Stanford University, USA |
| Tatiana Zabelina | Centre for Women, Family, and Gender Studies, Moscow, Russia |
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