03076nam 2200637 a 450 991080872000332120200520144314.01-4696-0442-60-8078-6780-2(CKB)2520000000007764(EBL)880479(OCoLC)655726394(SSID)ssj0000486170(PQKBManifestationID)11311179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486170(PQKBWorkID)10443193(PQKB)10369803(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865145(MdBmJHUP)muse28080(Au-PeEL)EBL880479(CaPaEBR)ebr10367509(MiAaPQ)EBC880479(EXLCZ)99252000000000776420060825d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNo direction home the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 /Natasha Zaretsky1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20071 online resource (335 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5797-1 0-8078-3094-1 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.Between 1968 and 1980, fears about family deterioration and national decline were ubiquitous in American political culture. In No Direction Home, Natasha Zaretsky shows that these perceptions of decline profoundly shaped one another. Throughout the 1970's, anxieties about the future of the nuclear family collided with anxieties about the direction of the United States in the wake of military defeat in Vietnam and in the midst of economic recession, Zaretsky explains. By exploring such themes as the controversy surrounding prisoners of war in Southeast Asia, the OPEC oil embargoMiddle classUnited StatesEconomic conditionsMiddle classPolitical activityUnited StatesMiddle classUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesSocial conditions1960-1980United StatesPolitics and governmentMiddle classEconomic conditions.Middle classPolitical activityMiddle classHistory.305.5/50973Zaretsky Natasha1970-1599119MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808720003321No direction home3921675UNINA