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Homesickness : an American history /
"Homesickness today is dismissed as a sign of immaturity, what children feel at summer camp, but in the nineteenth century it was recognized as a powerful emotion. When gold miners in California heard the tune 'Home, Sweet Home, ' they sobbed. When Civil War soldiers became homesick,...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Emotions in early America
- Painful lessons in individualism
- A house divided
- Breaking home ties
- Immigrants and the dream of return
- Transferring loyalties
- Mama's boys, organization men, boomerang kids, and the surprising persistence of the extended family
- Conclusion. Of helicopter parents, facebook, and Wal-Mart : homesickness in contemporary America.