Title: Past, Present, and Personal: The Family and the Life Course in American History
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0195047664
ISBN 13: 9780195047660
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New
Weight: 12 ounces

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With this book, John Demos, the author of A Little Commonwealth--a landmark study of Pilgrim family life--and the award-winning Entertaining Satan, makes a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on "family history." Covering the entire span of American history, he discusses topics such as the changing nature of fatherhood, the experience of middle age in colonial times and in the present, and the historian's role in discussions of present-day policy making. Demos sparks controversy by challenging many prevalent views, including the premise that past eras witnessed more child abuse than the present day, and the belief in the constancy of "storm and stress" as a part of adolescent development.
In clear, straightforward prose that will appeal to both the specialist and general reader, Demos explores the subtle relationship between past and present, between the historian and his subject, and between practical and theoretical concerns.

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John Demos is Professor of history at Yale University and author of several books, including Entertaining Satan which won the 1983 Bancroft Prize.

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