American behavioral history : an introduction / edited by Peter N. Stearns.

Contributor(s): Stearns, Peter N [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London : New York University Press, [2005]Copyright date: 2005Description: 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814708637 (e-book)Subject(s): Psychology -- United States -- History | United States -- Social conditions | United States -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: American behavioral history : an introduction.DDC classification: 306/.0973 LOC classification: HN57 | .A447 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction / Peter N. Stearns -- Family and childhood -- The cute child and modern American parenting / Gary Cross -- Abduction stories that changed our lives: from Charley Ross to modern behavior / Paula Fass -- "If they have any orders, I am theirs to command": indulgent middle-class grandparents in American society / Linda W. Rosenzweig -- Emotions and consumer behavior -- There's no place like home: homesickness & homemaking in America / Susan J. Matt -- Horseless horses: car dealing and the survival of retail bargaining / Steven M. Gelber -- Death and mourning -- American death / Peter N. Stearns -- Laid out in "big mama's kitchen": African Americans and the personalized theme funeral / Suzanne Smith -- Perception of the senses -- Making scents make sense: white noses, black smells, and desegregation / Mark M. Smith -- Sexuality -- Tainted love: the transformation of oral-genital behavior in the United States, 1970-2000 / Kevin White.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Peter N. Stearns -- Family and childhood -- The cute child and modern American parenting / Gary Cross -- Abduction stories that changed our lives: from Charley Ross to modern behavior / Paula Fass -- "If they have any orders, I am theirs to command": indulgent middle-class grandparents in American society / Linda W. Rosenzweig -- Emotions and consumer behavior -- There's no place like home: homesickness & homemaking in America / Susan J. Matt -- Horseless horses: car dealing and the survival of retail bargaining / Steven M. Gelber -- Death and mourning -- American death / Peter N. Stearns -- Laid out in "big mama's kitchen": African Americans and the personalized theme funeral / Suzanne Smith -- Perception of the senses -- Making scents make sense: white noses, black smells, and desegregation / Mark M. Smith -- Sexuality -- Tainted love: the transformation of oral-genital behavior in the United States, 1970-2000 / Kevin White.

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