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The Prime of Life : A History of Modern Adulthood / Steven Mintz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (342 p.) : 26 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674425668
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.6
LOC classification:
  • HQ799.95 .M568 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: The Voyage of Life -- 1. The Tangled Transition to Adulthood -- 2. Achieving Intimacy -- 3. I Do: The Evolution of Marriage -- 4. I Don’t: Alternatives to Marriage -- 5. The Trials of Parenting -- 6. Finding Fulfillment in Work -- 7. The Angst of Adulthood -- Epilogue: Reclaiming Adulthood -- Notes -- Credits -- Index
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674425668

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: The Voyage of Life -- 1. The Tangled Transition to Adulthood -- 2. Achieving Intimacy -- 3. I Do: The Evolution of Marriage -- 4. I Don’t: Alternatives to Marriage -- 5. The Trials of Parenting -- 6. Finding Fulfillment in Work -- 7. The Angst of Adulthood -- Epilogue: Reclaiming Adulthood -- Notes -- Credits -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)