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The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap

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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephanie CoontzPublish date:2016-03-29Pages:576
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465098835ISBN-10:465098835UPC:9780465098835Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Sociology, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th Century, Marriage & FamilySize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCZ51B9GZ4
The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American familyLeave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the "male breadwinner marriage" is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today. In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz examines two centuries of the American family, sweeping away misconceptions about the past that cloud current debates about domestic life. The 1950s do not present a workable model of how to conduct our personal lives today, Coontz argues, and neither does any other era from our cultural past. This revised edition includes a new introduction and epilogue, exploring how the clash between growing gender equality and rising economic inequality is reshaping family life, marriage, and male-female relationships in our modern era.

More relevant than ever, The Way We Never Were is a potent corrective to dangerous nostalgia for an American tradition that never really existed.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465098835ISBN-10:465098835UPC:9780465098835Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Sociology, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th Century, Marriage & FamilySize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCZ51B9GZ4
Stephanie Coontz is a member of the faculty of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and the director of research and public education at the Council on Contemporary Families.
Publisher: Basic Books

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