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Author:

Coontz, Stephanie, author.

Title:

The way we never were : American families and the nostalgia trap / Stephanie Coontz.

Edition:

Revised and updated edition, 2016 edition.

Publisher:

Basic Booksa member of the Perseus Book Group,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xliv, 531 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Families--United States--History--20th century.
Nostalgia.
United States--Social conditions.

Notes:

First published in 1992. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The way we wish we were : defining the family crisis -- "Leave it to Beaver" and "Ozzie and Harriet" : American families in the 1950s -- "My mother was a saint" : individualism, gender myths, and the problem of love -- We always stood on our own two feet : self-reliance and the American family -- Strong families, the foundation of a virtuous society : family values and civic responsibility -- A man's home is his castle : the family and outside intervention -- Bra-burners and family bashers : feminism, working women, consumerism, and the family -- "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Mary with a baby carriage" : marriage, sex, and reproduction -- Toxic parents, supermoms, and absent fathers : putting parenting in perspective -- Pregnant girls, wilding boys, crack babies, and the underclass : the myth of black family collapse -- The crisis reconsidered -- Epilogue to the 2016 edition. For better and worse : family trends in the twenty-first century.

Summary:

Historian Stephanie Coontz provides a myth-shattering examination of two centuries of the American family, sweeping away misconceptions about the past that cloud current debates about domestic life.

ISBN:

0465098835
9780465098835

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)