The prime of life : a history of modern adulthood / Steven Mintz.

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"The first history of American adulthood, The Prime of Life examines how succeeding generations of Americans dealt with the primary tasks of adulthood: Navigating the passage from youth to maturity, achieving intimacy and connection, raising the next generation, experiencing work's pleasures and pai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mintz, Steven, 1953-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Adulthood > United States > History.
Adulthood > Social aspects > United States > History.
Life change events > United States > History.
Life cycle, Human > Social aspects > United States > History.
United States > Social conditions.
Physical Description:xvi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: The voyage of life
  • The tangled transition to adulthood
  • Achieving intimacy
  • I do : the evolution of marriage
  • I don't : alternatives to marriage
  • The trials of parenthood
  • Finding fulfillment in work
  • The angst of adulthood
  • Epilogue: Reclaiming adulthood.