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Nov 27, 2023 · “More than twenty years ago, in The Way We Never Were, Stephanie Coontz cut through all the bizarre stereotypes we carry with us about marriage and the family in America. Now, in a brilliant revision, she jolts us once again by bringing us up to date on when people marry, how income inequality affects family life, and why we have made so much ...
Oct 15, 1992 · Placing the American family in its historical, cultural, economic, and philosophic context, Coontz (co-ed., Women's Work, Men's Property, 1986) identifies the myths—and their sources, functions, and fallacies—that Americans generate around family life, as well as the terrible burden these illusions create.
Through detailed road signs of statistics, references, and arguments, she drives us to debunk myths and fantasies about various issues of family life in a historical context, including motherhood, marriage, feminism, and the Black family.
We mourn the decline of the mate breadwinner; early 19th-century Americans mourned the decline of the farm economy that gave rise to the male breadwinner. Consider the parallels between then and now. By 1830, as the factory age. took hold, alcoholism rose to historic highs.
This paper explores this "national disgrace" in twentieth century America, including: 1) the evolu- tion of the American Communist Party (CPUSA) - its appeal, its followers, and its ultimate demise; 2) the rise of anti-Communism fears; 3) the establish- ment of HUAC and its infamous hearings; and 4) the repercussions of Holly- wood blacklisting,...
Mar 29, 2016 · In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz provides a myth-shattering examination of two centuries of the American family, sweeping away misconceptions about the past that cloud current debates about domestic life.
Mar 29, 2016 · In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz examines two centuries of the American family, sweeping away misconceptions about the past that cloud current debates about...
