No direction home the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / [electronic resource] :
Natasha Zaretsky.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
- xii, 320 p. : ill.
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.
Middle class--Economic conditions.--United States Middle class--Political activity--United States. Middle class--History.--United States
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980. United States--Politics and government.