Posterity lost : progress, ideology, and the decline of the American family
In this pathbreaking study that has earned the praise of scholars, family advocates, and policymakers, Richard T. Gill does more than illuminate the multiple causes and devastating effects of America's diminishing spirit of optimism. In order to reverse this disturbing trend, Gill urges Americans to reject short-term solutions, expand their time horizons, and, above all, give increasing care and attention to their children
Print Book, English, ©1997
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, ©1997
xvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780847683796, 9780847683802, 0847683796, 084768380X
36066016
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Part 4 Part I. The Problem: Family Breakdown and Its Relation to Progress Chapter 5 In Disarray: The American Family Approaching Year 2000 Chapter 6 The Future at Risk: The Consequences of Family Breakdown Chapter 7 Why Conventional Explanations Are Incomplete Chapter 8 The Crucial Role of the Ideology of Progress Part 9 Part II. The Paradox: Rise and Fall of the Idea of Progress Chapter 10 How the Process Gave Rise to the Idea Chapter 11 The First Great Predicament of Progress Chapter 12 A "Horrible Capacity for Mass Annihilation" Chapter 13 Limits-to-Growth Predicaments Chapter 14 The Fundamental Predicament of Progress Chapter 15 Decline and Fall of the Idea of Progress Part 16 Part III. The Battle: The War Over Family Values Chapter 17 Family Values: Evolution or Revolution? A Major Battleground: Self vs. Posterity Chapter 18 Equality, Family Advantages, and Moral Relativism Chapter 19 Reclaiming the Family: Principles and Programs Chapter 20 We Can Act, But Will We?