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

By:

Mintz, Steven, 1953- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674425668

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HQ799 .P756 2015

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Contents:

The tangled transition to adulthood -- Achieving intimacy -- I do : the evolution of marriage -- I don't : alternatives to marriage -- The trials of parenting -- Finding fulfillment in work -- The angst of adulthood -- Epilogue: Reclaiming adulthood.

Subject: Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

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 parenting -- Finding fulfillment in work -- The angst of adulthood -- Epilogue: Reclaiming adulthood.

Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.

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