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THE AMERICAN FAMILY Previous Publications What Trouble I Have Seen: A History of Violence against Wives Beaten Down: A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West Oregon’s Promise: An Interpretive History Through the Eyes of a Child: The First 120 Years of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon Environmentalism The American Family From Obligation to Freedom David Peterson del Mar THE AMERICAN FAMILY Copyright © David Peterson del Mar, 2011. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2011978-0-230-33744-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-0-230-33745-9 ISBN 978-0-230-33966-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230339668 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peterson del Mar, David, 1957– The American family : from obligation to freedom / David Peterson del Mar. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–33744–2 (hardback) 1. Families—United States—History. 2. Families—United States. I. Title. HQ535.P48 2011 306.850973—dc23 2011026994 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Wendy Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Societies of Obligation 5 Chapter 2 The Search for Order in North America 23 Chapter 3 Revolution and Continuity 35 Chapter 4 Containing the Bourgeois Family 47 Chapter 5 Necessity and Tradition 63 Chapter 6 The First Modern Family 83 Chapter 7 The Family in Crisis and After 97 Chapter 8 Freedom’s Florescence 113 Chapter 9 Countercultures? 133 Conclusion 153 Notes 157 Additional Reading 183 Index 205 Acknowledgments T his book is the child of my engagement with two dissimilar communities: countless scholars whose work I have read and profited from for more than thirty years (many of whom are identified in this book’s Notes and Additional Reading); countless family members and friends who have shown me kind- nesses, large and small, for more than fifty years, from my birth family to the families of SK BRANN. I am particularly indebted to Wendy and Peter del Mar. Peter is my delightful, grounded son, who tolerates my shortcomings with good grace and humor. Wendy, my life partner and best friend, has taught me most of what I know about family. She also, along with Jeffrey Ostler, improved the manuscript in more direct ways. Its many imperfections notwithstanding, this book is for her.

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