The American family from obligation to freedom /
"This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even flourished during colonization, the Revolution, slavery, the industrial revolution, immigration, and economic upheaval because reliance o...
| Main Author: | Peterson del Mar, David, 1957- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Physical Description: |
211 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The American family : |b from obligation to freedom / |c David Peterson del Mar. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Palgrave Macmillan, |c 2011. | |
| 300 | |a 211 pages ; |c 25 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even flourished during colonization, the Revolution, slavery, the industrial revolution, immigration, and economic upheaval because reliance on others was patently necessary. But in the past century, unprecedented prosperity both freed Americans from mutual dependence and created a culture devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and individual fulfillment. This shift from obligation to freedom has turned the maintenance of durable, rewarding families into a countercultural act, one that requires a conscious decision to qualify the American commitment to freedom"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Societies of obligation -- The search for order in North America -- Revolution and continuity -- Containing the bourgeois family -- Necessity and tradition -- The first modern family -- The family in crisis and after -- Freedom's florescence -- Countercultures? -- Conclusion. | |
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