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The modernization of fatherhood : a social and political history
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- Creator
- Ralph LaRossa
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1997]
- ©1997
- Physical Details
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- xi, 287 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226469034, 0226469034, 9780226469041, 0226469042
- OCLC
- ocm34850048
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-277) and index.
- Prologue: 1932 -- 1. The Modernization of Fatherhood -- 2. The Historical Roots of Standard North American Fatherhood -- 3. Fatherhood and the Baby Doctors -- 4. Men and Infants -- 5. Fathercraft -- 6. Fatherhood and the Popular Press -- 7. "Dear Mr. Patri" -- 8. "Honor Thy Father" -- 9. Conclusion