Continuity and Change in Middle Class Fatherhood, 1925-1939: The Culture-Conduct Connection.

LaRossa, Ralph; Reitzes, Donald C.

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ERIC Number: EJ466550

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Publication Date: 1993

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Continuity and Change in Middle Class Fatherhood, 1925-1939: The Culture-Conduct Connection.

LaRossa, Ralph; Reitzes, Donald C.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v55 n2 p455-68 May 1993

Conducted content analysis of advice-seeking letters penned between 1925 and 1939 by fathers and mothers concerned with childrearing. Findings support proposition that culture of fatherhood and conduct of fatherhood in Depression-era America were at odds. Found connection between culture of fatherhood and attitudes of mothers toward fathers. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Fathers, History, Letters (Correspondence), Middle Class

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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