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Explores the surprising diversity of fathers and fatherhood throughout American history and society The nuclear family has been endlessly praised as the bedrock of American society, even though there has rarely been a time in history when a majority of Americans lived in such families. This book dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martschukat, Jürgen (Author)
Other Authors: Goedde, Petra, 1964- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Fathers > United States > History.
Families > United States > History.
Fathers > United States > Psychology.
Work and family > United States > Psychology.
Racism > United States > Psychological aspects.
Pères > États-Unis > Histoire.
Familles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pères > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Travail et familles > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Racisme > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Fatherhood.
Families
Fathers
Fathers > Psychology
Racism > Psychological aspects
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fathers and the New Republic, 1770-1840
  • Challenging love, marriage, and the nuclear family, 1820-1870
  • Slavery, family, and fatherhood, 1830-1860
  • Daughters, fathers, and the Westward movement, 1850-1880
  • Being a father and a soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Bachelors in urban America, 1870-1930
  • Immigrant families in urban America, 1880-1920
  • Indigenous and modern fathers, 1890-1950
  • Unemployed fathers in the 1930s
  • Fatherhood in World War II and the Cold War, 1940-1960
  • Families, fathers, and the Black community, 1950-2010
  • Queer parents and fatherhood movements, 1970-2010
  • Conclusion.

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