The Prime of Life : : A History of Modern Adulthood / / Steven Mintz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Mintz, Steven,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.) :; 26 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Prologue: The Voyage of Life --; 1. The Tangled Transition to Adulthood --; 2. Achieving Intimacy --; 3. I Do: The Evolution of Marriage --; 4. I Don’t: Alternatives to Marriage --; 5. The Trials of Parenting --; 6. Finding Fulfillment in Work --; 7. The Angst of Adulthood --; Epilogue: Reclaiming Adulthood --; Notes --; Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674425668; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674425668?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Steven Mintz.

Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.