Below is a list of hand curated books, chapters, and articles on the subject of stem families.
Arrizabalaga, M. (1997). The stem family in the french basque country: Sare in the nineteenth century. Journal of Family History, 22(1), 50-69.
Arrizabalaga, M. (2005). Succession strategies in the pyrenees in the 19th century: The basque case. History of the Family, 10(3), 271-292.
Arrizabalaga, M. (2009). Gender and well-being in the pyrenean stem family system. Gender and well-being in europe: Historical and contemporary perspectives (pp. 85-102)
Barrera-González, A. (1992). Eldest and younger siblings in a stem-family system: The case of rural catalonia. Continuity and Change, 7(3), 335-355.
Bonnain, R. (2005). Household mind and the ecology of the central pyrenees in the 19th century: Fathers, sons, and collective landed property. History of the Family, 10(3), 249-270.
Borderías, C., & Ferrer-Alòs, L. (2017). The stem family and industrialization in catalonia (1900–1936). History of the Family, 22(1), 34-56.
Bras, H., & Van Tilburg, T. (2007). Kinship and social networks: A regional analysis of sibling relations in twentieth-century netherlands. Journal of Family History, 32(3), 296-322.
Cartier, M. (1995). Nuclear versus quasi-stem families: The new chinese family model. Journal of Family History, 20(3), 307-327.
Childs, G. (2021). The tibetan stem family in historical perspective. History of the Family, 26(3), 482-505.
Collomp, A. (2000). Surnames, marriage, and consanguinity in eighteenth and nineteenth century haute-provence. History of the Family, 5(2), 243-254.
Cornell, L. L. (1992). Intergenerational relationships, social support, and mortality. Social Forces, 71(1), 53-62.
Cornell, L. L. (2017). Hajnal and the household in asia: A comparative history of the family in preindustrial japan, 1600-1870. Family history at the crossroads: A journal of family history reader (pp. 143-162)
Douglass, W. A. (1988). The basque stem family household: Myth or reality? Journal of Family History, 13(1), 75-89.
Douglass, W. A. (1993). The famille souche and its interpreters. Continuity and Change, 8(1), 87-102.
Droux, R. (2001). The temporary migration of males and the power of females in a stem-family society: The case of 19th-century auvergne. History of the Family, 6(1), 33-49.
Efron Pimentel, E., & Liu, J. (2005). Patrilineal coresidence in urban china: A life course perspective. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 25(3), 63-91.
Egerbladh, I. (1989). From complex to simple family households: Peasant households in northern coastal sweden 1700-1900. Journal of Family History, 14(3), 241-264.
Erdozáin-Azpilicueta, P., & Mikelarena-Peña, F. (1998). Labor power, social and economic differentials, and adaptive strategies of peasant households in stem-family regions of spain. History of the Family, 3(2), 155-172.
Fauve-Chamoux, A. (2006). Family reproduction and stem-family system: From pyrenean valleys to norwegian farms. History of the Family, 11(3), 171-184.
Fertig, C. (2018). Stem families in rural northwestern germany? family systems, intergenerational relations and family contracts. History of the Family, 23(2), 196-217.
Fitzpatrick, D., Gibbon, P., Curtin, C., & Varley, A. (1983). The stem family in ireland: A debate. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 25(2), 339-395.
Fukuda, S. (2009). Leaving the parental home in post-war japan: Demographic changes, stem-family norms and the transition to adulthood. Demographic Research, 20, 731-816.
Gibbon, P., & Curtin, C. (1978). The stem family in ireland. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 20(3), 429-453.
Gray, J. (2014). The circulation of children in rural ireland during the first half of the twentieth century. Continuity and Change, 29(3), 399-421.
Gruber, S., & Szoltysek, M. (2012). Stem families, joint families, and the european pattern: What kind of a reconsideration do we need? Journal of Family History, 37(2), 105-125.
Hsueh, C. -. (2014). Diversity among families in contemporary taiwan: Old trunks or new twigs?
Kamo, Y. (1988). A note on elderly living arrangements in japan and the united states. Research on Aging, 10(2), 297-305.
Kamo, Y. (1990). Husbands and wives living in nuclear and stem family households in japan. Sociological Perspectives, 33(3), 397-417.
Kitaoji, H. (1971). The structure of the japanese family. American Anthropologist, 73(5), 1036-1057.
Kok, J., Vandezande, M., & Mandemakers, K. (2011). Household structure, resource allocation and child well-being: A comparison across family systems. Tijdschrift Voor Sociale En Economische Geschiedenis, 8(4), 76-101.
Kurosu, S. (1996). Leaving home in a stem family system: Departures of heirs and non-heirs in pre-industrial japan. History of the Family, 1(3), 329-352.
Kurosu, S. (2007). Remarriage in a stem family system in early modern japan. Continuity and Change, 22(3), 429-458.
Lanzinger, M. (2012). Paternal authority and patrilineal power: Stem family arrangements in peasant communities and eighteenth-century tyrolean marriage contracts. History of the Family, 17(3), 343-367.
Le Play, F. (1982). On family, work, and social change. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press.
Marchini, A. (2002). The budget of a corsican stem family. Continuity and Change, 17(2), 233-251.
Marshall, R. (2017). Gender inequality and family formation in japan. Asian Anthropology, 16(4), 261-278.
Moring, B. (1996). Marriage and social change in south-western finland, 1700-1870. Continuity and Change, 11(1), 91-113.
Moring, B. (2002). Widowhood options and strategies in preindustrial northern europe: Socioeconomic differences in household position of the widowed in 18th and 19th century finland. History of the Family, 7(1), 79-99.
Mosk, C. (1995). Household structure and labor markets in postwar japan. Journal of Family History, 20(1), 103-125.
Nagata, M. L. (1999). Why Did You Change Your Name? name changing patterns and the life course in early modern japan. History of the Family, 4(3), 315-338.
Ochiai, E. (2007). The ie (family) in global perspective. A companion to the anthropology of japan (pp. 355-379).
Ruggles, S. (2010). Stem families and joint families in comparative historical perspective. Population and Development Review, 36(3), 563-577.
Saito, O. (1998). Two kinds of stem-family system? traditional japan and europe compared. Continuity and Change, 13(1), 167-186.
Saito, O. (2000). Marriage, family labour and the stem family household: Traditional japan in a comparative perspective. Continuity and Change, 15(1), 17-45.
Saito, O. (2011). The stem family and labour markets: Reflections on households and firms in japan’s economic development. History of the Family, 16(4), 466-480.
Sangoï, J. -. (1999). Forename, family, and society in southwest france (eighteenth-nineteenth centuries). History of the Family, 4(3), 239-259.
Shanks, A. (1987). The stem family reconsidered: The case of the minor gentry of northern ireland. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 18(3), 339-361.
Skinner, G. W. (2004). Grandparental effects of reproductive strategizing: Nôbi villagers in early modern japan. Demographic Research, 11, 111-148.
Szołtysek, M. (2016). A stem-family society without the stem-family ideology? the case of eighteenth-century Poland1. History of the Family, 21(4), 502-530.
Takagi, E., & Silverstein, M. (2006). Intergenerational coresidence of the japanese elderly: Are cultural norms proactive or reactive? Research on Aging, 28(4), 473-492.
Takagi, M. (2000). Landholdings and the family life cycle in traditional japan. Continuity and Change, 15(1), 47-75.
Torrents, À. (1998). Marriage strategies in catalonia from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century: A case study. Continuity and Change, 13(3), 475-496.
Traphagan, J. W. (2000). The liminal family: Return migration and intergenerational conflict in japan. Journal of Anthropological Research, 56(3), 365-385.
Tsutsumi, M. (1999). A lifecourse study of stem family women in rural japan: A comparison of the changes over three generations. International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 8(1), 117-140.
Tsutsumi, M. (2001). Succession of stem families in rural japan: Cases in yamanashi prefecture[this paper]. International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 10(1), 69-79.
Tur-Prats, A. (2019). Family types and intimate partner violence: A historical perspective. Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(5), 878-891.
Verdon, M. (1996). Rethinking complex households: The case of the western pyrenean ‘houses’. Continuity and Change, 11(2), 191-215.
Wall, K. (1994). Peasant stem families in northwestern portugal: Life transitions and changing family dynamics. Journal of Family History, 19(3), 237-259.
