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The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
March 19th, 2009 | 
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People often look back to the Leave it to Beaver 1950′s as if it was the ideal moral family setting. As if the 1950′s society was the pure expression of God’s family values. But was it? This lecture which I found through my learnoutloud.com daily email, challenges this notion. The lecture is titled The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap which is the same title as the speaker’s book.
“Scholar and author Stephanie Coontz explores the myths of traditional marriage. Coontz is a faculty member at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families. She has published extensively on the topic of marriage and family life and is the author of several highly praised books, such as The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap and Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage.”
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