No direction home : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980
Between 1968 and 1980, fears about family deterioration and national decline were ubiquitous in American political culture. In "No Direction Home", Natasha Zaretsky shows that these perceptions of decline profoundly shaped one another
eBook, English, ©2007
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, ©2007
History
1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) : illustrations
9780807867808, 9781469604428, 0807867802, 1469604426
655726394
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