No direction home [electronic resource] : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / Natasha Zaretsky.

By: Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007Description: xii, 320 p. : illSubject(s): Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions | Middle class -- Political activity -- United States | Middle class -- United States -- History | United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 | United States -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.5/50973 LOC classification: HT690.U6 | Z37 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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