The "American way" : family and community in the shaping of the American identity / Allan Carlson

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991002700179707536
• Autore: Carlson, Allan C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, c2003
• ISBN: 1932236236; 1932236112
• Descrizione fisica: XII, 211 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
• Disciplina: 973.91
• Soggetti: Famiglia - Stati Uniti d'America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index
• Nota di contenuto: Home and nation : the family politics of Theodore Roosevelt -- Hyphenates, hausfraus, and baby-saving : the peculiar legacy of German America -- "Sanctifying the traditional family" : the New Deal and national solidarity -- Luce, Life, and the "new America" -- Cold War and the "American style" -- From maternalism to Reaganism, and beyond.