American behavioral history an introduction / edited by Peter N. Stearns.

Other author Stearns, Peter N.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press,
Descriptionx, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction / Peter N. Stearns -- Family and childhood -- The cute child and modern American parenting / Gary Cross -- Abduction stories that changed our lives: from Charley Ross to modern behavior / Paula Fass -- "If they have any orders, I am theirs to command": indulgent middle-class grandparents in American society / Linda W. Rosenzweig -- Emotions and consumer behavior -- There's no place like home: homesickness & homemaking in America / Susan J. Matt -- Horseless horses: car dealing and the survival of retail bargaining / Steven M. Gelber -- Death and mourning -- American death / Peter N. Stearns -- Laid out in "big mama's kitchen": African Americans and the personalized theme funeral / Suzanne Smith -- Perception of the senses -- Making scents make sense: white noses, black smells, and desegregation / Mark M. Smith -- Sexuality -- Tainted love: the transformation of oral-genital behavior in the United States, 1970-2000 / Kevin White.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005012783
ISBN9780814798430 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0814798438 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814798447 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0814798446 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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