TY - BOOK AU - Mintz,Steven TI - The prime of life: a history of modern adulthood SN - 9780674425668 AV - HQ799 .P756 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Adulthood KW - United States KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Life change events KW - Life cycle, Human KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=970804&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -