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The Search for Domestic Bliss: Marriage and Family Counseling in 20thCentury America
Ian Dowbiggin
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Hardcover. Dowbiggin traces the concerted and deliberate way in which the old order of looking to family and community for guidance gave way to seeking guidance from marriage and family counseling professionals and what that shift means for American families. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Why are Americans so bad at marriage? It’s certainly not for lack of trying. By the early 21st century Americans were spending billions on marriage and family counselling, seeking advice and guidance from some 50,000 experts. And yet, the divorce rate suggests that all of this therapeutic intervention isn’t making couples happier or marriages more durable. Quite the contrary, Ian Dowbiggin tells us in this thought-provoking book: the “caring industry” is part of the problem.
Under the influence of therapeutic reformers, marital and familial dynamics in this country have shifted from mores and commitment to love and companionship. This ... Read more
Why are Americans so bad at marriage? It’s certainly not for lack of trying. By the early 21st century Americans were spending billions on marriage and family counselling, seeking advice and guidance from some 50,000 experts. And yet, the divorce rate suggests that all of this therapeutic intervention isn’t making couples happier or marriages more durable. Quite the contrary, Ian Dowbiggin tells us in this thought-provoking book: the “caring industry” is part of the problem.
Under the influence of therapeutic reformers, marital and familial dynamics in this country have shifted from mores and commitment to love and companionship. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619474
SKU
V9780700619474
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About Ian Dowbiggin
Ian Dowbiggin is professor of history at University of Prince Edward Island and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of several books, including The Quest for Mental Health: A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sadness and Mass Society and The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the 20th Century.
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