Past, Present, and Personal The Family and the Life Course in American History

John Demos

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Publisher's Synopsis

A major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on family history, this book ranges over the whole of American history to cover subjects from the changing nature of fatherhood to the relevance of the past for present-day policy-making. It raises important, and often controversial questions.;Students of American social history, particularly family history; sociologists and social anthropologists.

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Oxford University Press

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195037777
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	31 Dec 1986
DEWEY:	306.850973
DEWEY edition:	19
Number of pages:	215
Weight:	505g
Height:	250mm
Width:	160mm
Spine width:	24mm