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9780465019243

Embattled Paradise The American Family In An Age Of Uncertainty

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465019243

  • ISBN10:

    0465019242

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-01-21
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

Was there really a golden age of the family in the 1950sor ever? This penetrating history of the American family mounts a withering criticism of the "culture of nostalgia" that clouds current debate and offers a plan for reconstituting the American family dream.

Author Biography

Arlene Skolnick is a professor of human development at the University of California, Berkely, and author of The Intimate Environment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Prologue: Who Killed Ozzie and Harriet?p. xv
Introduction A Cultural Earthquakep. i
Sentimental Journeys: Making and Remaking the Modern Jamilyp. 19
Trying out the Dream: the Family in the 1950sp. 49
The "Burned-Over" Decade: Public Disorder and Private Transformation in the 1960sp. 75
Half a Revolution: the Second Wave of Feminism and the Familyp. 101
The 1970s and the Culture of Nostalgiap. 125
Changes of Heart: the Social Sources of Psychological Transformationp. 151
Backing into the Juturep. 179
The State of the American Jamilyp. 199
Notesp. 227
Bibliographyp. 245
Indexp. 271
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