Historical Development Of Capitalism In The United States And Its Affects On The American Family: From Colonial Times To 1920

About the Book

This book takes a giant step out of conventional thinking, and proceeds to establish the inseparable connection that exists between the American Family and capitalism. Too often, answers to the critical questions of American family decay are sought separately from the interdependent history it shares with the economic system in which it takes place.

By choosing to end our search for cause within the effect of American family decay, and by using this new freedom of inquiry, we can return to a time in our history when the American family was free of the great troubles it is undergoing today. By doing so, it is possible to discover at what point the fabric of the American family began to unravel.

Once we see when the problem began and what caused it, this makes it possible to take individual and collective action to change and reproduce the American family anew, exclusive of violence and war.

About the Author

Lionel D. Lyles is a native of Oakland, CA. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1977.

Essie T. Lyles earned a BS degree from Southern University in 1972. She did further study at San Francisco State University. Currently, Lionel, Essie, and Harmony live on a farm in rural Louisiana.