LEADER 03076nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910808720003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0442-6 010 $a0-8078-6780-2 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007764 035 $a(EBL)880479 035 $a(OCoLC)655726394 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10443193 035 $a(PQKB)10369803 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865145 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28080 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL880479 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC880479 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007764 100 $a20060825d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo direction home $ethe American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 /$fNatasha Zaretsky 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5797-1 311 $a0-8078-3094-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aBetween 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 embargo 606 $aMiddle class$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions 606 $aMiddle class$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aMiddle class$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1960-1980 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aMiddle class$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aMiddle class$xPolitical activity 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory. 676 $a305.5/50973 700 $aZaretsky$b Natasha$f1970-$01599119 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808720003321 996 $aNo direction home$93921675 997 $aUNINA