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Homesickness
An American History
Taschenbuch von Susan J. Matt
Sprache: Englisch

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Using letters, diaries, memoirs, medical records, and psychological studies, this wide-ranging book uncovers the profound pain felt by Americans on the move from the country's founding until the present day. Susan Matt shows how colonists in Jamestown longed for and often returned to England, African Americans during the Great Migration yearned for their Southern homes, and immigrants nursed memories of Sicily and Guadalajara and, even after years in America,frequently traveled home.
Using letters, diaries, memoirs, medical records, and psychological studies, this wide-ranging book uncovers the profound pain felt by Americans on the move from the country's founding until the present day. Susan Matt shows how colonists in Jamestown longed for and often returned to England, African Americans during the Great Migration yearned for their Southern homes, and immigrants nursed memories of Sicily and Guadalajara and, even after years in America,frequently traveled home.
Über den Autor
Susan J. Matt is Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She is the author of Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1. Emotions in Early America

  • 2. Painful Lessons in Individualism

  • 3. A House Divided

  • 4. Breaking Home Ties

  • 5. Immigrants and the Dream of Return

  • 6. Transferring Loyalties

  • 7. Mama's Boys, Organization Men, Boomerang Kids, and the Surprising Persistence of the Extended Family

  • Conclusion: Of Helicopter Parents, Facebook, and Wal-Mart: Homesickness in Contemporary America

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Acknowledgements

  • Index

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199314607
ISBN-10: 0199314608
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Matt, Susan J.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Susan J. Matt
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2014
Gewicht: 0,613 kg
Artikel-ID: 120664696
Über den Autor
Susan J. Matt is Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She is the author of Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1. Emotions in Early America

  • 2. Painful Lessons in Individualism

  • 3. A House Divided

  • 4. Breaking Home Ties

  • 5. Immigrants and the Dream of Return

  • 6. Transferring Loyalties

  • 7. Mama's Boys, Organization Men, Boomerang Kids, and the Surprising Persistence of the Extended Family

  • Conclusion: Of Helicopter Parents, Facebook, and Wal-Mart: Homesickness in Contemporary America

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Acknowledgements

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199314607
ISBN-10: 0199314608
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Matt, Susan J.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Susan J. Matt
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2014
Gewicht: 0,613 kg
Artikel-ID: 120664696
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