The prime of life : a history of modern adulthood /

Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mintz, Steven, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Adulthood > United States > History.
Adulthood > Social aspects > United States > History.
Life change events > United States > History.
Life cycle, Human > Social aspects > United States > History.
Adultes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Adultes > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Événements stressants de la vie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Étapes de la vie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Social History.
Adulthood
Life change events
Life cycle, Human > Social aspects
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The voyage of life
  • The tangled transition to adulthood
  • Achieving intimacy
  • I do : the evolution of marriage
  • I don't : alternatives to marriage
  • The trials of parenting
  • Finding fulfillment in work
  • The angst of adulthood
  • Epilogue: Reclaiming adulthood.

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