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Revealing the extent to which some of yesterday's fathers were involved with their children, this text recounts how fatherhood was reshaped during the Machine Age into the configuration we know today.

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Prologue: 1932 1: The Modernization of Fatherhood 2: The Historical Roots of Standard North American Fatherhood 3: Fatherhood and the Baby Doctors 4: Men and Infants 5: Fathercraft 6: Fatherhood and the Popular Press 7: "Dear Mr. Patri" 8: "Honor Thy Father" 9: Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index

The Modernization of Fatherhood A Social and

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/12/1996
      ISBN13: 9780226469041, 978-0226469041
      ISBN10: 0226469042
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      Sociology: family, kinship and relationships

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Revealing the extent to which some of yesterday's fathers were involved with their children, this text recounts how fatherhood was reshaped during the Machine Age into the configuration we know today.

      Table of Contents
      Prologue: 1932 1: The Modernization of Fatherhood 2: The Historical Roots of Standard North American Fatherhood 3: Fatherhood and the Baby Doctors 4: Men and Infants 5: Fathercraft 6: Fatherhood and the Popular Press 7: "Dear Mr. Patri" 8: "Honor Thy Father" 9: Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index

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