Prime of Life - A History of Modern Adulthood

Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.

About the author

Steven Mintz is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and Executive Director of the University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning.

Summary

Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Mintz
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2015
• EAN: 9780674047679
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04767-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Psychologie des Alters und Alterns, In Bezug auf das mittlere Erwachsenenalter, HISTORY / United States / General, History - U.S., PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Mid-Life, Psychology of ageing