No direction home : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / Natasha Zaretsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--United States--Economic conditions.

Middle class.

Middle class--Political activity--United States.

Middle class--United States--History.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1968 and 1980, fears about family deterioration and national decline were ubiquitous in American political culture. In No Direction Home, Natasha Zaretsky shows that these perceptions of decline profoundly shaped one another. Throughout the 1970's, anxieties about the future of the nuclear family collided with anxieties about the direction of the United States in the wake of military defeat in Vietnam and in the midst of economic recession, Zaretsky explains. By exploring such themes as the controversy surrounding prisoners of war in Southeast Asia, the OPEC oil embargo

Contents:

Introduction

Homeward unbound : prisoners of war, national defeat, and the crisis of male authority

Getting the house in order : the oil embargo, consumption, and the limits of American power

"The great male cop-out" : productivity lag and the end of the family wage

The spirit of '76 : the Bicentennial and Cold War revivalism

The world as a mirror : narcissism, "malaise," and the middle-class family

Conclusion : The familial roots of Republican domination.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908793-7-0

1-4696-0442-6

0-8078-6780-2

OCLC:

655726394