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Everybody Else : Adoption and the Politics of Domestic Diversity in Postwar America /
In the popular imagination, the twenty years after World War II are associated with simpler, happier, more family-focused living. We think of stereotypical baby boom families like the Cleavers-white, suburban, and well on their way to middle-class affluence. For these couples and their children, a h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In the popular imagination, the twenty years after World War II are associated with simpler, happier, more family-focused living. We think of stereotypical baby boom families like the Cleavers-white, suburban, and well on their way to middle-class affluence. For these couples and their children, a happy, stable family life provided an antidote to the anxieties and uncertainties of the emerging nuclear age. But not everyone looked or lived like the Cleavers. For those who could not have children, or have as many children as they wanted, the postwar baby boom proved a source of social stigma and. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis at the University of Chicago. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780820346960 |