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The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom

The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom

Loparo, Kenneth A.

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20th Century United States HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0230337457
ISBN13: 9780230337459
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 30 2011
Pages: 211
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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