''Journal of Family History'' is a

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that publishes papers in the fields of

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and

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

. The journal's

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is Roderick Phillips (

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). It is currently published by

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History

The Journal of Family History was established in 1975 by Tamara K. Hareven;Richard Aldrich.
Public Or Private Education?: Lessons from History
'. Psychology Press; 2004. . p. 129–.
Handbook of Marriage and the Family
'. Springer Science & Business Media; 14 September 2012. . p. 872–. its first issue was published in 1976.John Beckett.
Writing local history
'. Manchester University Press; 19 July 2013. . p. 157–.

Scope

''Journal of Family History'' is a resource for scholars who are interested in the history of the family over the past three decades. The journal provides a forum for international research on family, kinship and population.
Structures and Assertions: Ed. by Thomas A. Brady; Heiko A. Oberman; James D. Tracy
'. BRILL; 1994. . p. 51–. ''Journal of Family history'' focuses on work from different perspectives such as gender, race and culture.
Approaches to the History of the Western Family 1500-1914
'. Cambridge University Press; 28 September 1995. . p. 75–. Many of the articles are written by recognized historians.
The New History: The 1980s and Beyond
'. Princeton University Press; 14 March 2017. . p. 146–.

Abstracting and indexing

''Journal of Family History'' is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases:

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, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2017

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is 0.333, ranking it 27 out of 31 journals in the category ‘History of Social Sciences’. and 53 out of 89 journals in the category ‘History’. and 45 out of 46 journals in the category ‘Family Studies’. and 75 out of 85 journals in the category ‘Anthropology’.

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