The Family in America: Searching for Social Harmony in the Industrial Age - Hardcover

Adams, Robert McC.; Carlson, Allan C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113853563X ISBN 13: 9781138535633

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

The Family in America offers a fresh interpretation of American social history, emphasizing the vital role of the family and household autonomy and threats to both imposed by industrial organization and the state. Allan Carlson shows that the United States, rather than being "born modern" as a progressive consumerist society, was in fact founded as an agrarian society composed of independent households rooted in land, lineage, and hierarchy.

Carlson argues that family survival continues to be of paramount importance today. He critically examines five distinct strategies to restore a foundation for family life in industrial society, drawing on the insights of Frederic LePlay, Carle Zimmerman, and G. K. Chesterton. Carlson shows that family survival depends on the creation of meaningful, "pre-modern" household economies. This new edition includes an introduction by Allan Carlson, detailing the continued press of the industrial process onto the American family structure since initial publication of the book in 1993.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 113853563X
• ISBN 13: 9781138535633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208