The Family in America - Searching for Social Harmony in the Industrial Age

The Family in America offers a fresh interpretation of American social history, emphasizing the vital role of the family and household autonomy and threats to both imposed by industrial organization and the state

List of contents

Transaction Introduction, Foreword, I The American Constitutional Arrangement, II The Family Wage Experiment, III The Suburban Strategy, IV The Religious Possibility, V The Cold War Family, VI The Professional Temptation, VII An Elusive Harmony, Index

Summary

The Family in America offers a fresh interpretation of American social history, emphasizing the vital role of the family and household autonomy and threats to both imposed by industrial organization and the state

Product details

• Authors: Robert MCC Adams, Robert MCC. Adams, Adams Robert McC., Allan C Carlson, Allan C. Carlson, Carlson Allan C.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2003
• EAN: 9780765805362
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0536-2
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships, Allan Carlson