No direction home the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 /
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
c2007.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10367509 |
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.