The American family [[electronic resource] ] : across the class divide / / Yasushi Watanabe

• Autore: Watanabe Yasushi <1967->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.85/0973
• Soggetto topico: Families - United States; Families - Political aspects - United States; Social classes - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Scope of research -- Setting the stage -- Boston, or the hub of the solar system -- Method of research -- Theoretical background -- 2 The Yankee family -- A contested society -- The intergenerational transformation -- Neighborhood -- Philanthropy and social clubs -- Kinship and friendship -- Work -- Tastes -- Love and marriage -- Divorce -- Childrearing -- Family life -- Finances and inheritance -- 3 The Irish family -- A changing society -- A changing South Boston -- Neighborhood -- Work -- Kinship and friendship -- Taste -- Love and marriage -- Conjugal segregation -- Divorce and cohabitation -- Childrearing -- 4 Conclusion -- Modernity and the American society and family -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The American family
• ISBN: 1-84964-067-X; 1-281-72507-2; 9786611725075; 1-4356-6096-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809814003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II