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The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap

Stephanie Coontz
3.97/5 (2152 ratings)
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The Way We Never Were examines two centuries of American family life and shatters a series of myths and half-truths that burden modern families. Placing current family dilemmas in the context of far-reaching economic, political and demographic changes, Coontz sheds new light on such contemporary concerns as parenting, privacy, love, the division of labor along gender lines, the black family, feminism and sexual practice.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
1993
Publisher:
Basic Books Inc. (NY)
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0465090974
ISBN13:
9780465090976
kindle Asin:
B017QL8WIM

The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap

Stephanie Coontz
3.97/5 (2152 ratings)
Read Download
The Way We Never Were examines two centuries of American family life and shatters a series of myths and half-truths that burden modern families. Placing current family dilemmas in the context of far-reaching economic, political and demographic changes, Coontz sheds new light on such contemporary concerns as parenting, privacy, love, the division of labor along gender lines, the black family, feminism and sexual practice.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
1993
Publisher:
Basic Books Inc. (NY)
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0465090974
ISBN13:
9780465090976
kindle Asin:
B017QL8WIM

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