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No direction home [[electronic resource] ] : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / / Natasha Zaretsky



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Autore: Zaretsky Natasha <1970-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: No direction home [[electronic resource] ] : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / / Natasha Zaretsky Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
Disciplina: 305.5/50973
Soggetto topico: Middle class - United States - Economic conditions
Middle class - Political activity - United States
Middle class - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions 1960-1980
United States Politics and government
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 embargo
Titolo autorizzato: No direction home  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4696-0442-6
0-8078-6780-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456426803321
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