Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970-

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.


Electronic books.

HT690.U6 / Z37 2007

305.5/50973