The Way We Never Were
American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10025592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanne Meyerowitz (0000-0002-4037-8994, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1109-1109 |
| Publication date | 1993-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The way we never were: American families and the nostalgia trap, Stephanie Coontz, 1992 |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2080499 |
| OpenAlex | W2569019932 |
| Language | EN |
Journal Article The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. By Stephanie Coontz. (New York: BasicBooks, 1992. viii, 391 pp. $27.00, ISBN 0-465-00135-1.) Get access Joanne Meyerowitz Joanne Meyerowitz University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1109–1110, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080499 Published: 01 December 1993
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