Foreword; Authors' Notes and Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1; Introduction; 1.1 The Family Renewed; 1.2 Did the Baby Boomers Really Transform the Family?; 1.3 A Comparative Approach; 1.4 A Combination of Methods; Part I ; Baby Boomers in the Family; Chapter 2; The Baby Boom Phenomenon; 2.1 The Unexplained Recovery in the Birth Rate; 2.1.1 What Was the Baby Boom?; 2.1.2 Why Did the Baby Boom Happen?; 2.1.2.1 The Recovery of the Birth Rate in 1942; 2.1.2.2 Why Did the Baby Boom Last So Long?; 2.2 An Enigma-The Parents of the Baby Boomers; 2.2.1 The Baby Boomers' Grandmothers

2.2.2 The Baby Boomers' Mothers2.2.3 Youth Movements: An Early Source of Emancipation for the Baby Boomers' Mothers; 2.3 Conclusion; The Baby Boomers' Childhood; Chapter 3; 3.1 Living Conditions During the Baby Boomers' Childhood and Adolescence; 3.1.1 Housing Problems; 3.1.2 Homes Gradually Become More Comfortable; 3.1.3 Overcrowded Dwellings; 3.1.4 The Arrival of Household Appliances; 3.2 An Authoritarian Upbringing; 3.2.1 Children's Upbringing Within the Family Unit; 3.2.1.1 Stricter Education in France; 3.2.1.2 A More Liberal Upbringing for Some Baby boomers; 3.2.2 Religious Upbringing

3.3 Mass Education3.3.1 Rising Numbers; 3.3.2 Girls' Schools and Boys' Schools; 3.4 Conclusion; Part II ; Baby Boomers Against the Family; Chapter 4; The Family in Perpetual Motion; 4.1 A New Mystery: The "Demographic Earthquake" 1965-1985; 4.1.1 Precursors; 4.1.2 Researchers' Explanations; 4.2.1 Stirrings of Revolution (1950-1960); 4.2 The Winds of Freedom; 4.2.2 The Pendulum Swings in France: The Baby Boomers and May 1968; 4.3 Conclusion; 5.1.1 Keeping the Family at Arm's Length; Chapter 5; Rebellious Teenagers; 5.1 Residential Separation; 5.1.2 Residential Separation, Study and Work

5.1.3 Residential Separation and an Employee's Job Market5.2 Girls Against Motherhood; 5.2.1 Liberation for and Through Women?; 5.2.2 Female Trajectories: Different Timescales; 5.2.3 Work, a Feminine Noun; 5.2.4 Cohabitation and Conjugal Relations; 5.3 Conclusion; Part III; Baby Boomers in Alternative Families; Chapter 6; Life outside the Family: Working Women; 6.1 Changes in Women's Work; 6.2 Women Who Devote Themselves to Hearth and Home; 6.2.1 A Life Focused on Home and Family; 6.2.2 Stay-at-Home Mothers and Voluntary Work; 6.3 Women Who Fit Their Work around Their Family

6.3.1 A Conscious Compromise6.3.2 A Bitter Compromise; 6.4 Women Who Focus on Their Careers; 6.4.1 Women Living on Their Own; 6.4.2 Women with Children; 6.5 Women Who Return to Full Time Work After a Divorce; 6.5.1 Fault Divorce; 6.5.2 Bankruptcy Divorce; 6.6 A New Conflict: Mother versus Daughter; 6.7 Conclusion; Chapter 7; The Family Wins Through; 7.1 From a Single Lifecycle to Multiple Life Trajectories; 7.1.1 Leaving Home to Live Alone; 7.1.2 Living Together Before Marrying; 7.1.3 Staying Married; 7.1.4 Separating; 7.2 New Family Configurations; 7.2.1 Solo Parenting