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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780847683796
- Book Title
- Posterity Lost : Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Social History, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, General, Sociology / Marriage & Family
- Item Weight
- 17.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0847683796
ISBN-13
9780847683796
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1054303
Product Key Features
Book Title
Posterity Lost : Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Social History, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, General, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-049901
Reviews
"A wise, wide-ranging and penetrating analysis of why marriage and the nuclear family in America are in such trouble, and what we can do about it." --David Popenoe, author of Life Without Father, Promises to Keep, and Disturbing the Nest "No one who reads Posterity Lost will fail to learn from it." --David Blankenhorn, author of Fatherless America "A tour de force analysis of the current woes that have beset the American family" --Brigitte Berger, Boston University "A subtle and deeply troubling analysis of the remarkable changes in family life in the past 30 years, and the concurrent uneasiness that is so widespread in contemporary society, despite our great economic, scientific and technological successes. It's a very good book." --Nathan Glazer, Harvard University School of Education "Gill has written a book of the first importance about the central concern of American society, the sudden, unprecedented, altogether unanticipated collapse of the 'traditional' family structure. A superbly insightful work." --Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan "Posterity Lost will be one of the most influential treatments of family change in this decade." --Norval D. Glenn, American Journal of Sociology "Gill has wonderful insights sprinkled throughout the book, page after page." --Patrick Fagan, William H. Fitzgerald Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Crisis, A subtle and deeply troubling analysis of the remarkable changes in family life in the past 30 years, and the concurrent uneasiness that is so widespread in contemporary society, despite our great economic, scientific and technological successes. It's a very good book., Gill has written a book of the first importance about the central concern of American society, the sudden, unprecedented, altogether unanticipated collapse of the 'traditional' family structure. A superbly insightful work., A wise, wide-ranging and penetrating analysis of why marriage and the nuclear family in America are in such trouble, and what we can do about it.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
306.85/0973
Table Of Content
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Part 4 Part I. The Problem: Family Breakdown and Its Relation to Progress Chapter 5 In Disarray: The American Family Approaching Year 2000 Chapter 6 The Future at Risk: The Consequences of Family Breakdown Chapter 7 Why Conventional Explanations Are Incomplete Chapter 8 The Crucial Role of the Ideology of Progress Part 9 Part II. The Paradox: Rise and Fall of the Idea of Progress Chapter 10 How the Process Gave Rise to the Idea Chapter 11 The First Great Predicament of Progress Chapter 12 A "Horrible Capacity for Mass Annihilation" Chapter 13 Limits-to-Growth Predicaments Chapter 14 The Fundamental Predicament of Progress Chapter 15 Decline and Fall of the Idea of Progress Part 16 Part III. The Battle: The War Over Family Values Chapter 17 Family Values: Evolution or Revolution? A Major Battleground: Self vs. Posterity Chapter 18 Equality, Family Advantages, and Moral Relativism Chapter 19 Reclaiming the Family: Principles and Programs Chapter 20 We Can Act, But Will We?
Synopsis
Posterity Lost provides a penetrating analysis of two developments which are revolutionizing late 20th century America. The decline of the American family and a waning faith in the "Idea of Progress" are in sharp contrast to our historic past. Richard T. Gill links these two significant developments by examining our changing attitudes to the future. Americans today increasingly focus on the short term instead of a long term view, and the losers in this myopic process are both the family, which is responsible for rearing the future generation, and the 'Idea of Progress,' which once guaranteed that future generations would enjoy increasingly happy and productive lives., Has the American spirit of optimism disappeared? This original and provocative book provides a penetrating analysis of two developments which are revolutionizing late 20th century America. The decline of the American family and a waning faith in the Idea of Progress are in sharp contrast to our historic past. Richard T. Gill links these two significant developments by examining our changing attitudes to the future. Americans today increasingly focus on the short term instead of the long view, and the losers in this myopic process are both the family, which is responsible for rearing the future generation, and the Idea of Progress, which once guaranteed that future generations would enjoy increasingly happy and productive lives. Posterity Lost provides a thought-provoking examination of these disturbing developments and offers some hopeful suggestions for their reversal.
LC Classification Number
HQ536.G545 1997
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