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Barren in the Promised Land

Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness

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ID10020694
AuthorsLynn Y Weiner (Roosevelt University, corresponding author), Elaine Tyler May
Year1996
Volume82
Issue4
Pages1540-1540
Publication date1996-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of American History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2945317
OpenAlexW2941976301
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Journal Article Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness. By Elaine Tyler May. (New York: BasicBooks, 1995. xiv, 318 pp. $24.00, ISBN 0-465-00609-4.) Get access Lynn Y. Weiner Lynn Y. Weiner Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 4, March 1996, Pages 1540–1541, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945317 Published: 01 March 1996

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Citation span2002 - 2025 (24)
Highly citedNo

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