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American behavioral history : an introduction

Title
American behavioral history : an introduction / edited by Peter N. Stearns.
Publication
New York : New York University, c2005.

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Stearns, Peter N.
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x, 259 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 S. 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 and 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.
Call Number
JFE 05-11689
ISBN
  • 0814798438 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0814798446 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005012783
  • 9780814798430
  • 9780814798447
OCLC
  • 60375679
  • 62453990
Title
American behavioral history : an introduction / edited by Peter N. Stearns.
Imprint
New York : New York University, c2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Stearns, Peter N.
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9780814798430
9780814798447
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JFE 05-11689
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