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  Title

  The American family : from obligation to freedom

  Author

  Peterson del Mar, David, 1957-  

  Publisher:

  Palgrave Macmillan,

  Pub date:

  2011.

  Pages:

  211 p. ;

  ISBN:

  9780230337442

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HQ535 .P48 2011	1	Book	Available, On shelf
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HQ535 .P48 2011	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  9780230337442 (hardback)

  ISBN:

  0230337449 (hardback)

  ISBN:

  9780230337459

  ISBN:

  0230337457

  Personal Author:

  Peterson del Mar, David, 1957-

  Title:

  The American family : from obligation to freedom / David Peterson del Mar.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

  Physical description:

  211 p. ; 25 cm.

  Contents:

  Introduction -- Societies of obligation -- The search for order in North America -- Revolution and continuity -- Containing the bourgeois family -- Necessity and tradition -- The first modern family -- The family in crisis and after -- Freedom's florescence -- Countercultures? -- Conclusion.

  Summary:

  "This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even flourished during colonization, the Revolution, slavery, the industrial revolution, immigration, and economic upheaval because reliance on others was patently necessary. But in the past century, unprecedented prosperity both freed Americans from mutual dependence and created a culture devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and individual fulfilment. This shift from obligation to freedom has turned the maintenance of durable, rewarding families into a countercultural act, one that requires a conscious decision to qualify the American commitment to freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

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  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Families--United States--History.

  Subject term:

  Families--United States.

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