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No Direction Home : The American Family and the Fear of National Decline, 1968-1980 /

Between 1968 and 1980, fears about family deterioration and national decline were ubiquitous in American political culture. In "No Direction Home", Natasha Zaretsky shows that these perceptions of decline profoundly shaped one another.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Homeward unbound : prisoners of war, national defeat, and the crisis of male authority
  • Getting the house in order : the oil embargo, consumption, and the limits of American power
  • "The great male cop-out" : productivity lag and the end of the family wage
  • The spirit of '76 : the Bicentennial and Cold War revivalism
  • The world as a mirror : narcissism, "malaise," and the middle-class family
  • Conclusion : The familial roots of Republican domination.