Divorce, working women, and reproductive rights radically changed family structures in the United States over the course of the 20 th century. Yet is this also true for family values and gender norms? Has there truly been a "value shift" of the family? For the first time, Isabel Heinemann examines public debate and expert discourse on the American family and its values from a long-term perspective and comes to surprising conclusions.

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Isabel Heinemann, Universität Münster