The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom by Loparo, Kenneth A.

The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230337442)

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The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom by Loparo, Kenneth A.

The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom

$54.99
The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom by Loparo, Kenneth A.

The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN-10: 0230337449
ISBN-13: 9780230337442
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2011
Pages: 211
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2012
By Kenneth A. Loparo
By Kenneth A. Loparo
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DAVID DEL MAR Assistant Professor at Portland State University, USA, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Oregon State University, USA. His previous books include What Trouble I Have Seen: A History of Violence against Wives (Harvard, 1996) and Beaten Down: A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West (University of Washington, 2001).

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