Social Origins of Private Life: A History of Ame
出版社:
Verso Books
出版时间:
1988-11
ISBN:
9780860919070
定价:
223.90
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
365页
正文语种:
英语
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Currentdebatesaboutthefutureofthefamilyareoftenbasedonseriousmisconceptionsaboutitspast.Arguingthatthereisnobiologicallymandatedoruniversallyfunctionalfamilyform,StephanieCoontztracesthecomplexityandvarietyoffamilyarrangementsinAmericanhistory,fromNativeAmericankingroupstotheemergenceofthedominantmiddle-classfamilyidealinthe1890s.Surveyingandsynthesizingavastrangeofpreviousscholarship,aswellasengagingmoreparticularstudiesoffamilylifefromtheseventeenthtothenineteenthcenturies,CoontzoffersahighlyoriginalaccountoftheshiftingstructureandfunctionofAmericanfamilies.Heraccountchallengesstandardinterpretationsoftheearlyhegemonyofmiddle-classprivacyandaffectiveindividualism,pointingtotherichtraditionofalternativefamilybehaviorsamongvariousethnicandsocioeconomicgroupsinAmerica,andarguingthatevenmiddle-classfamilieswentthroughseveraltransformationsinthecourseofthenineteenthcenture.Thepresentdominantfamilyform,groundedincloseinterpersonalrelationsandpremisedondomesticconsumptionofmass-producedhouseholdgoodshasarisen,Coontzargues,fromalongandcomplexseriesofchangingpoliticalandeconomicconjunctures,aswellasfromthedestructionorincorporationofseveralalternativefamilysystems.AclearconceptionofAmericancapitalism'scombinedandunevendevelopmentisthereforeessentialifwearetounderstandthehistoryofthefamilyasakeysocialandeconomicunit.Lucidanddetailed,TheSocialOriginsofPrivateLifeislikelytobecomethestandardhistoryofitssubject. Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at the Evergreen State College, Washington. She is the author (with Peta Henderson) of the highly praised Women’s Work, Men’s Property: the Origins of Gender and Class.,,
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内容简介:
Currentdebatesaboutthefutureofthefamilyareoftenbasedonseriousmisconceptionsaboutitspast.Arguingthatthereisnobiologicallymandatedoruniversallyfunctionalfamilyform,StephanieCoontztracesthecomplexityandvarietyoffamilyarrangementsinAmericanhistory,fromNativeAmericankingroupstotheemergenceofthedominantmiddle-classfamilyidealinthe1890s.Surveyingandsynthesizingavastrangeofpreviousscholarship,aswellasengagingmoreparticularstudiesoffamilylifefromtheseventeenthtothenineteenthcenturies,CoontzoffersahighlyoriginalaccountoftheshiftingstructureandfunctionofAmericanfamilies.Heraccountchallengesstandardinterpretationsoftheearlyhegemonyofmiddle-classprivacyandaffectiveindividualism,pointingtotherichtraditionofalternativefamilybehaviorsamongvariousethnicandsocioeconomicgroupsinAmerica,andarguingthatevenmiddle-classfamilieswentthroughseveraltransformationsinthecourseofthenineteenthcenture.Thepresentdominantfamilyform,groundedincloseinterpersonalrelationsandpremisedondomesticconsumptionofmass-producedhouseholdgoodshasarisen,Coontzargues,fromalongandcomplexseriesofchangingpoliticalandeconomicconjunctures,aswellasfromthedestructionorincorporationofseveralalternativefamilysystems.AclearconceptionofAmericancapitalism'scombinedandunevendevelopmentisthereforeessentialifwearetounderstandthehistoryofthefamilyasakeysocialandeconomicunit.Lucidanddetailed,TheSocialOriginsofPrivateLifeislikelytobecomethestandardhistoryofitssubject.
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作者简介:
Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at the Evergreen State College, Washington. She is the author (with Peta Henderson) of the highly praised Women’s Work, Men’s Property: the Origins of Gender and Class.,,
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