TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mintz,Steven
TI  - The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood 
SN  - 9780674425668
AV  - HQ799.95 .M568 2015
U1  - 155.6 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Adulthood
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Life cycle, Human
KW  - HISTORY / Social History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
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://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425668?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674425668
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674425668/original
ER  -