The Modernization of Fatherhood - A Social and Political History

'The Modernization of Fatherhood' is an enlightening documentation of shifts in the social construction of fatherhood, both as a cultural institution and as an individual reality.

List of contents

Prologue: 1932 1: The Modernization of Fatherhood 2: The Historical Roots of Standard North American Fatherhood 3: Fatherhood and the Baby Doctors 4: Men and Infants 5: Fathercraft 6: Fatherhood and the Popular Press 7: "Dear Mr. Patri" 8: "Honor Thy Father" 9: Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index

Summary

Revealing the extent to which some of yesterday's fathers were involved with their children, this text recounts how fatherhood was reshaped during the "Machine Age" into the configuration we know today.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph LaRossa, LaRossa Ralph
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.1996
• EAN: 9780226469041
• ISBN: 978-0-226-46904-1
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas, Sociology: family and relationships