Binding: Paperback
Description: " 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."
Title: The American Family From Obligation To Freedom
Author(s): Loparo Kenneth A.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Barcode: 9780230337459
Pages: 211 Pages, Ix, 211 P.
Publication Date: 11/30/2011
Category: Sociology: Family & Relationships