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- Publisher: Jonathan Cape (1982)
- ASIN: B000OOMOIS
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Brilliant, fascinating, common sense book,
By DKC "bookaddictextraordinnaire" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This book so influenced when I first read it 20 years ago that it permanently and indelibly changed my view of the world, history and politics. I think of it often.Mount's (well documented) premise that the nuclear family has always been the greatest threat to public organizations, be they religious or political, is insightful and important. Public organizations, in and of their nature, do and will try to suppress the loyalty of individuals to their immediate family. This short and important book deserves to be widely read and to exert the influence it merits.
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Family Really is Subversive and Wonderful,
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An amazing tour in common sense. You will know his thesis about the family is right after the first few pages and you will drift gleefully across the remaining pages, forever changed. Read this!!! Now.
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In this book, the author rambles endlessly attacking almost everyone for their beliefs without offering a shred of evidence in support of his own beliefs. He attacks Christians, Marxists, and various academics. The author claims that the nuclear family, based on love, was common throughout history. Is this true? I don't know and I won't know until I find another book that actually contains historical evidence. I only read the first 4 chapters of this book, so maybe it improves, but I don't have the patience to find out. I think the history of the family is an important topic, worth reading about, but this is not the book to buy on this subject.
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Jesus says: 'If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Professor Shorter, Professor Stone, Peter Laslett, Industrial Revolution, Bethnal Green, Canterbury Tales, Lawrence Stone, Plato's Republic, Sir Walter, The Making of the Modern Family, United States, Wife of Bath, Centuries of Childhood, Edward Shorter, Emm Potter, Garden of Eden, Jane Austen, Thomas Cooper, Big Brother, Council of Trent, Dark Ages, Jessie Stevens, Lady Lisle, Lisle Letters, Northern Europe New!
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Jesus says: 'If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Professor Shorter, Professor Stone, Peter Laslett, Industrial Revolution, Bethnal Green, Canterbury Tales, Lawrence Stone, Plato's Republic, Sir Walter, The Making of the Modern Family, United States, Wife of Bath, Centuries of Childhood, Edward Shorter, Emm Potter, Garden of Eden, Jane Austen, Thomas Cooper, Big Brother, Council of Trent, Dark Ages, Jessie Stevens, Lady Lisle, Lisle Letters, Northern Europe New!
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- The Making of the Modern Family by Edward Shorter on 11 pages
- The Origin of the Family: Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels on 8 pages
- Canterbury Tales (Barron's Book Notes) by Chaucer on 7 pages
- The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer on 5 pages
- Troilus and Criseyde (Oxford World's Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer on 4 pages
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- Biblical Religion and Family Values: A Problem in the Philosophy of Culture by Jay Newman on 5 pages
- Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage: A Systemic Approach by Margaret Robinson on page 2, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Marriage, Domestic Life and Social Change: Writings for Jacqueline Burgoyne, 1944-88 by David Clark on page 137, and page 233
- Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany by Joel F. Harrington in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Political Economy: A Comparative Approach, Second Edition by Barry Clark on page 238, and Back Matter
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