Act natural : a cultural history of misadventures of parenting / Jennifer Traig.
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Details
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- xvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Summary
- "From a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange, and often contradictory history of Western parenting"-- Provided by publisher.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-324) and index.
- Summary
- From ancient Rome to Puritan New England to the Dr. Spock craze of mid-twentieth-century America, a history of Western parenting explores techniques ranging from the misguided, to the nonsensical, to the truly horrifying
- Subject
- Parenting -- Humor.
- Child rearing -- Humor.
- Social history.
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.
- HISTORY / Social History.
- HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family.
- Child rearing.
- Parenting.
- Social history.
- Genre/Form
- Humor.
- ISBN
- 9780062469809 (hardback)
- 0062469800 (hardback)