The Way We Never Were: American Families & the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz

The Way We Never Were: American Families & the Nostalgia Trap

Stephanie Coontz

387 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history sociology reflective slow-paced
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Stephanie Coontz, the author of The Way We Never Were, now turns her attention to the mythology that surrounds today's family -- the demonizing of "untraditional" family forms and marriage and parenting issues. She argues that while it's not crazy...

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