To Have and to Hold: Marriage, the Baby Boom, and Social Change

To Have and to Hold: Marriage, the Baby Boom, and Social Change
ISBN-10
0226886719
ISBN-13
9780226886718
Series
To Have and to Hold
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
299
Language
English
Published
2000-04-15
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Jessica Weiss

Description

Drawing on interviews with American couples from the 1950s to the 1980s, Weiss creates a dynamic portrait of family and social change in the postwar era. She then pairs these firsthand accounts with deft analysis of movies, magazines, and advice books from each decade, providing an intimate look at ordinary marriages in a time of sweeping cultural change. 8 halftones.

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