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1 online resource |
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The difference of adoption : domestic diversity and adoption practice in the postwar period -- Embracing domesticity : the great depression, the great migration, and World War II -- Defining domesticity : family ideals in everyday life -- Providing anxiety and optimism : domestic masculinity -- Nurturing frustration and entitlement : domestic femininity -- Constructing domesticity : family ideals and residential space in postwar chicago -- To take some responsibility for community problems : domesticity and good -- Citizenship -- Conclusion : the postwar family and American politics |
| Summary |
In the popular imagination, the twenty years after World War II are associated with simpler, happier, more family-focused living. We think of stereotypical baby boom families like the Cleavers-white, suburban, and well on their way to middle-class affluence. For these couples and their children, a happy, stable family life provided an antidote to the anxieties and uncertainties of the emerging nuclear age. But not everyone looked or lived like the Cleavers. For those who could not have children, or have as many children as they wanted, the postwar baby boom proved a source of social stigma and |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis at the University of Chicago |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Adoption -- United States -- 20th century
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Adoptive parents -- United States -- 20th century
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Families -- United States -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Adoption
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Adoptive parents
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Families
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780820346960 |
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0820346969 |
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