No direction home the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 /

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Main Author: Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
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Table of 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.