The American Family

From Obligation to Freedom
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-33966-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

Traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Families survived or even flourished during colonization, Revolution, slavery, immigration and economic upheaval. In the past century, prosperity created a culture devoted to pleasure and individual fulfilment.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID DEL MAR Assistant Professor at Portland State University, USA, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Oregon State University, USA. His previous books include (Harvard, 1996) and (University of Washington, 2001).