American Behavioral History: An Introduction

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Contents Preface vii 1 Introduction 1 Peter N. Stearns pa r t i: Family and Childhood 2 The Cute Child and Modern American Parenting 19 Gary Cross 3 Abduction Stories That Changed Our Lives: From Charley Ross to Modern Behavior 42 Paula S. Fass 4 “If They Have Any Orders, I Am Theirs to Command”: Indulgent Middle-Class Grandparents in American Society 58 Linda W. Rosenzweig pa r t i i: Emotions and Consumer Behavior 5 There’s No Place Like Home: Homesickness and Homemaking in America 87 Susan J. Matt 6 Horseless Horses: Car Dealing and the Survival of Retail Bargaining 118 Steven M. Gelber vii pa r t i i i: Death and Mourning 7 American Death 143 Peter N. Stearns 8 Laid Out in “Big Mama’s Kitchen”: African Americans and the Personalized Theme Funeral 155 Suzanne Smith pa r t i v : Perception of the Senses 9 Making Scents Make Sense: White Noses, Black Smells, and Desegregation 181 Mark M. Smith pa r t v : Sexuality 10 Tainted Love: The Transformation of Oral-Genital Behavior in the United States, 1970–2000 201 Kevin White About the Contributors 249 Index 251 viii Contents ...