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Allan Carlson

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Dr. Allan C. Carlson is Professor of History at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He is the president of the Howard Center, director of the Family in America Studies Center, the International Secretary of the World Congress of Families, and editor of the Family in America newsletter. He is also former president of the Rockford Institute. Dr. Carlson has written many books including Inseparable, Family Cycles: Strength, Decline, and Renewal in American Domestic Life, 1630-2000 and The Natural Family: A Manifesto.

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