The American Family [electronic resource] : From Obligation to Freedom /
Mar, David Peterson del.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Societies of Obligation; Chapter 2 The Search for Order in North America; Chapter 3 Revolution and Continuity; Chapter 4 Containing the Bourgeois Family; Chapter 5 Necessity and Tradition; Chapter 6 The First Modern Family; Chapter 7 The Family in Crisis and After; Chapter 8 Freedom's Florescence; Chapter 9 Countercultures?; Conclusion; Notes; Additional Reading; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
America-History.
Civilization-History.
US History.
Modern History.
Family.
Social History.
History of the Americas.
Cultural History.