The American economy was once built on the bedrock of family farms and businesses. And though it seems as if history has moved on, there were men who said the family could--and should--be the center of production once again.

In Third Ways, Allan Carlson tells us little-known stories about the 19th-century economists, politicians, and activists (including G.K. Chesterton) who wanted the productive family back at the center of the modern economy. Carlson shows how the decline of the family-centric economy has contributed to the decline of marriage and healthy family life in America.

If you are dismayed by the rise of divorce, fatherlessness, consumerism, and statism, then this historical tour de force will encourage you with a vision of a different, better world.

The world has not always been this opposed to the family. Read this book to find out how it could be different.