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Title Homesickness : an American history / Susan J. Matt.
Author Matt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson), 1967-
Published New York, N.Y. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.


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Description xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN 9780195371857 (hbk.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Emotions in early America -- Painful lessons in individualism -- A house divided -- Breaking home ties -- Immigrants and the dream of return -- Transferring loyalties -- Mama's boys, organization men, boomerang kids, and the surprising persistence of the extended family -- Conclusion. Of helicopter parents, facebook, and Wal-Mart : homesickness in contemporary America.
Library Class Psychology G90.H5
Subject Nostalgia -- History.
Homesickness -- History.

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