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The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom

Author David Peterson del Mar
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
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ISBN / ASIN0230337457
ISBN-139780230337459
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank660,750
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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Traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Families survived or even flourished during colonization, Revolution, slavery, immigration and economic upheaval. In the past century, prosperity created a culture devoted to pleasure and individual fulfilment.