No direction home [electronic resource] : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / Natasha Zaretsky.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.Description: xii, 320 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.5/50973 22
LOC classification:
  • HT690.U6 Z37 2007eb
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.

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.

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